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[โ€“] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

A "Voyager" type spacecraft with a Golden Record but with contents depicting a civilization of Cats in Mars, and the Space Craft + Golden Record are made from materials from Mars. Put this in orbit around Mars, and have it emit a signal on loop with an Arecibo Message depicting the Cat Civilization.

The scientific community would just collapse and we'd be worshipping cats as a world wide religion.

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  • Sincerely, totally not a cat
[โ€“] seaQueue@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

The scientific community would just collapse and we'd be worshipping cats as a world wide religion.

You're a couple thousand years late on this one

[โ€“] notabot@lemm.ee 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A dinosaur skeleton in a spacesuit.

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

The truth is out there

[โ€“] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A teapot in orbit around the sun somewhere between Earth and Mars.

[โ€“] Tagger@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or a vase of petunias and a blue whale skeleton?

[โ€“] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Actually, I think they were referring to Russell's Teapot.

[โ€“] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but now I regret not going for the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference.

[โ€“] Tagger@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No problem. Philosophy can be fun! ^_^

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

That manhole cover from Operation Plumbbob.

[โ€“] ButtKiss@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago

Russell's Teapot.

[โ€“] Gieselbrecht@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A radio station streaming "Baby Shark" on all frequencies

[โ€“] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Possibly the most appreciated song on earth.

[โ€“] Fortatech@gregtech.eu 1 points 2 weeks ago
[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A giant ship that can transform into a giant robot maid, complete with a vacuum to suck planets' air.

[โ€“] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

It went from suck to blow!

[โ€“] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gonna steal an idea from Karl Pilkington and leave a dishwasher somewhere on Mars for one of the rovers to find.

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe even an older model.
Bonus points if it was a popular model in a science fiction show.

My take of that would be the station from the little martian from Looney Tunes in the full 3D cartoon style.
Sort of like a cell shaded structure in a realistic lighted environment.

[โ€“] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

"YOU ARE HERE" map.

[โ€“] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Everything is already in space. Also, whale songs

[โ€“] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Arts and Humanities research.

[โ€“] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A paper floating in space that reads 'Probing the 'Other': Conceptions of Zipzorpian-Terran Relations in Early Explorer Narratives'

[โ€“] fool@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

A lone white lawn chair on the surface of Mars

[โ€“] Linktank@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Call it The Amooba.

[โ€“] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

A single protein molecule.

Something subtle enough to spark debate and controversy but not overplaying it like putting an entire living thing from Earth would be.

[โ€“] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sprinkle some water on the moon

[โ€“] rcbrk@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'd suggest 35,000 low-earth-orbit satellites but Elon is already working on that.

[โ€“] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] fool@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

NASA: Oh you guys are back early!

Astronaut: Moon's haunted.

NASA: What?

Astronaut: grabs gun and gets back on ship Moon's haunted

[โ€“] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Dark matter, duh.

[โ€“] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

TMA-2 / Zagadka / Big Brother (the Jovian monolith).