Tracking the Bleepin' Box

 

As they arrive on this bleak little place

that circles the planet of some long ago race

They pickup the image of something unknown

so they seek the anomaly that they've been shown

 

Geared in their suits, with shields ‘cross their eyes

with little for shade but a crater nearby,

their orders quite clear, to retrieve and retreat.

Then head home again with their mission complete.

 

Their radar emitted an ominous sound

a beeping and bleeping meant to confound

it finally led to another deep crater

at the South Pole, nowhere near the equator

 

The markings were strange on the package they found

it was filled with odd discs, neither square nor quite round

their translator thought it an archive of sorts

full of writing, and artwork, and other recordings

 

On the trip back to their own galaxy

they took it apart to see what they’d see,

and what they discovered left them dumfounded,

I guess you could say they were even astounded!

 

The capsule they found, and all that was stored

were by artists and writers they’d heard of before,

This box once thought lost, was finally found

they were somewhat familiar with it’s sights and the sounds

 

Those with keen vision and infinite wisdom

insured that their stories lived past their existence.

and long ago saw that these works were archived

and sent to this place with the hope they’d survive.

 

And so the descendants have vowed to preserve

the treasures brought back to this place called “New Earth”

© Ginny Brannan 2023

The prompt for Day 20 Explore a particular object or place from the point of view of some far-off, future scientist.

I chose a project close to my heart: a Lunar Codex time capsule!

Proud to have 5 anthologies with my poetry heading to the moon on the third capsule.

For Griffin Mission 1 (GM1) - which will carry the Codex'sthird time capsule Polaris - a stacked analog-digital storage system is used.
 This consists of alternating layers of nickel shielding, NanoFiche memory discs, and digital memory cards, optimizing capacity and archival longevity.

​Digital, analog, and hybrid time capsules will again be contained in a single sealed MoonBox canister bolted to the lunar lander's structure. The Griffin lander becomes a permanent marker of the location for the Polaris collection of the Lunar Codex.

To learn more, follow the link here: Lunar Codex