Faces from Earth

One kilo message is about to design and build a time capsule of (round) 1 kg content, which could possibly be ready to fly on board of a deep space mission.  Stop for a minute to realize that in such a project you will

• design and realize the content of the message - how to represent humanity and Planet Earth? A good way to learn about ourselves and our home planet
• think of the commuincation of the content to the Absolute Foreign, E.T. - this offers the chance to learn about the difficulties and the needed tolerance in communication on Earth as well; how will others perceive our message?
• choose the material of the message which should last for a long time and be tough enough to resist deep space conditions - opens the way to learn about materials and their duration
• face the problem of long term projects and great (really astronomical) distances - fosters long term thinking in general, and also paves the way to astronomy and space technology studies

One kilo message will be an open network, melding humanities, natural sciences, art... To tap One kilo message's huge educational potential,  we are developing a special project aiming at the young generation, for secondary school pupils aged between 12 and 18, grouped like 12-14, 15-18 or similarly. (This might depend on local variations). Led by a local expert, who will be accredited by the team of Faces from Earth, a group of up to 10-12 pupils will design in a two-years project a durable time capsule, with proper content. There will be a network of projects, conducted separately on many places on Earth. Pilot projects in Germany and Hungary are in preparation.

One kilo message goes hand in hand with Mosaic Earth.

Discuss these ideas in the Forum here.