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Re:Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth by creaturemachine on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:50PM (#46073127)
The instructions aren't encoded in the grooves, that makes no sense. Rather the schematics are etched on the back sides of the records, and with those you can build the stylus and decode the images.
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Re:Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth by acka on Friday November 28, 2025 @02:42PM (#46082066)
The stylus and cartridge needed to play the record were included on each spacecraft. The instructions to assemble the record player were included on a protective aluminum cover.
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