Although "Lucy" was named after the bones of human ancestors, the name was also inspired by 1967' s classic Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". The nameplate of the spaceship is engraved with the famous words of band members John Lennon, paul mccartney, Ringo Starr and george harrison.
These famous sayings are:
In addition to the Beatles, Lucy will also carry plaques engraved with famous sayings of other celebrities. These people include Albert Einstein, the poet Joey Harcho, the writer kazuo ishiguro, Martin Luther King and Brian Quinn. Harold? Quoted from Mei, carl sagan. Amanda Gorman, who is famous for writing poems at the inauguration ceremony of US President Biden, also contributed a poem to the plaque.
You can read all the famous sayings on the website of Lucy Project, and you can also hear some of them read aloud in the video of NASA. Ringo Starr even appeared. He said, "Lucy will return to the sky with diamonds." .
Lucy's adventure will take it to a series of fascinating asteroids orbiting Jupiter. According to the national aeronautics and space administration, these asteroids are "considered as the remnants of the original materials that formed the outer planets". The spacecraft will study these celestial bodies, so that we can learn more about the history of our solar system and the origin of the planets.
NASA is considering the future plaque, so that our descendants may find that the "Lucy" spacecraft is still running in space after thousands of years.
The plaque is also engraved with images depicting our solar system. The expected launch dates are 202 1, 10, 16.