Items |
Whether to bring Y/N |
Why |
1. Books |
Y | ★books are essential to human development ★books are the main ways people learn new things ★the aliens can learn about human cultures and languages from the books |
2.videos |
Y | ★pictures and voices may have been the most direct ways to present the life of human ★videos can be stored in very tiny electric devices which saves a lot of room |
3.art pieces |
Y | ★arts, like music and paintings, reveal human’s view of beauty and preference on entertainment ★arts shows that human are emotionally highly developed creatures who seek for recreation |
4.anatomy pictures of the Typical creatures on the earth |
Y |
★the pictures can provide some information about how human, animals, plants, or micro-organisms look like |
5.flowers and “garbage” |
Y | ★the objects that have smelling, no matter good or bad, shows human have the feeling of smelling. ☆the object that emit smelling need to be sealed strictly |
6.minerals and elements |
Y | ★by presenting elements and noting the amount of them, we inform the aliens of the environment on the earth ☆some elements need to be stored in safe place |
7.the collection of formulas in Science and Math; languages |
Y | ★when the aliens decode our numbers and languages, they are able to have a recognition of how we communicate and our achievement in science and technology. |
8.specimens |
Y |
★specimens can help aliens to learn about the creatures on the earth. |
9.creatures alive |
N | ★the organisms alive may attack or interfere with the aliens, which will make them angry and aggressive. ★germs and virus can easily kill the aliens who don’t have anti-bodies to these diseases. They may consider it biological weapon. |
10. weapons |
N | ★weapons like knives and guns are considered sign of hostility and aggression ★weapons, especially hot weapons, are unsteady and may cause damage to the probe. |
11.human tissues |
N | ★it is extremely dangerous for the aliens to know exactly about human body. This could happen when they find DNA, RNA in the probe. The tiny hair can even help the aliens to decode our genetic information |
12. active gases |
N | ★active gases like oxygen is very likely to react with the objects inside, which may cause fire or cause the book to be hard to read. Since there are no humans inside, we can use inert gases to protect the items. |