After decades of exploring the moon, a dramatic vision is finally becoming reality. The Guardian recently reported that a project called Lunar Codex is planning to send and store over 30,000 works on the moon from artists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians from over 150 countries and regions. The goods to be stored range from novels and paintings to music, films,and even soil from Earth.
According to Artnet, the only rule for acceptance for these works is that they must have been pre-curated (预先策划) by a professional known to Samuel Peralta, the leader of the project.
Speaking with The New York Times, Peralta said that the aim of the project is to create “a message in the bottle for the fixture”,showing that “during this time of war, pandemic and economic crisis, people still found time to create beauty.”
In fact, this is not the first time that people have tried sending human legacies (遗产) to outer space. In 1969, the Apollo 12 mission carried a ceramic piece with drawings. In 1971, the Apollo 15 staff left a sculpture to honor those who had died in space exploration. What’s more famous is the Golden Record carried by spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2 from NASA in 1977, which contains human language, music and images. For example, a piece of Chinese guqin music, called Flowing Streams was included in it.
Although we don’t know who determines which symbols of human legacy get sent out to space in most projects, it’s obvious that the criteria keep changing. In the past,space heritage products only focused on space-related works; but gradually, more human-related contemporary goods which held great importance in their respective eras have been added to the list. In the Lunar Codex, films, diverse art and literary works produced by women, disabled artists, and even AI have been collected for the first time to be sent to the moon.
These changing criteria also leave space for ordinary people to imagine and think. Many people are now trying to store their DNA information digitally. Will people be able to find even more surprising and inventive ways to preserve their legacy in the future? Only time can tell.
12. What is the goal of the project?
A.To make the moon livable. | B.To show respect to artists. |
C.To preserve the existing beauty. | D.To continue the work of Voyager 2. |
13. Why does the author mention the missions in 1969,1971 and 1977?
A.To explain the missions are important. |
B.To complain people explored outer space not so often. |
C.To show Chinese culture was included gradually. |
D.To prove people have been delivering legacies to the moon. |
14. What does the change of the criteria reflect?
A.Human civilization is inclusive. |
B.People don’t care about space-related works. |
C.Women’s position has been improved. |
D.People take AI seriously. |
15. Where can you find the article?
A.A brochure. | B.A magazine. | C.An advertisement. | D.A poster. |