A Message to our Descendents

I received the following from a regular contributer to the Arthur C 
Clarke Internet Fan Club of which I am a member........Chris.

The KEO project is a French effort to preserve a piece of our heritage
for distant generations. 

The spacecraft, so named because "K", "E", "O" are the most common
phonemes in Earth's major languages, would fly in a high Earth orbit for
50,000 years starting in 2001, carrying written greetings from ordinary 
people along with  biological samples and a comprehensive library of  
human knowledge. 

The Web site has more information about the project and a form for 
users to submit their own greetings to be carried on the spacecraft.

I urge everyone who reads this letter to check this site out. It is
really a fantastic project that makes one think about our species' place
in the grand scheme of time and space, and really forces you to take a
hard look at the past and future of humanity.

Alex Michael Bonnici
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8505