British teenagers are amongst thousands of young pepople who have responded to an unusual request from scientists. They were asked to "send a message to the future". The messages, which will include letters, picures and music, will be placed in a time capsule called SpaceArc. The four kilogram capsule will be on a satellite which is being launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The response to the scientists request has been incredible. "We've had thousands of letters from all over the world", said one of the organizers. "We've selected some of messages alredy and we're going to choose the rest next month".
SpaceArc will contain all sorts of information about life on Earth today. Messages are going to include information about school, family life and religion as well as grigs and crime. Peter Fox, one of the organizers, said "It's important that the messages reflect the twentieht century accurately. We don't want people of the future to misunderstand what life was like this century".
The satellite will circle the earth for twelve years. After that time, SapceArc, which was paid for by an American museum, will separate from the main satellite and be sent into orbit a few hundred miles above the Earth. it will remain in orbit for millions of years.
One of the organizers explained more about the project. "We created SpaceArc in order to communicate with the people of the future. It is impossible to predict exactly what will happen to it. The human race may have disappeared by the time SpaceArc is opened again."
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