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Table 3.3 Distances of the planets relative to Sun
Planets
Binary encoded
Decimal number
Mercury
0
1
0
1
0
1
Venus
9
1
1
1
0
0
1
Earth
6
2
0
1
0
1
1
Mars
100111
39
Jupiter
10000110
134
Saturn
11110111
247
Uranus
111101111
495
Neptune
1100001100
780
Pluto
1111111100
1020
how the limbs can be moved. There is mainly a message to the extraterrestrials that
the average height of human women on the Earth is 168 cm or so, while men are
generally higher than women. Moreover, the spacecraft’s silhouette is drawn in the
same scale so that the size of the human bodies can be deduced by measuring the
actually-intercepted spacecraft. The measurements of the woman’s height and the
actual spacecraft dimension are also a cross-check for the basic length unit with the
hydrogen’s hyperfine transition.
3.6.4 Voyager Probes
3.6.4.1 Programs from Mariner to Voyager
Between 1962 and 1973, an interplanetary exploration project, known as the Mariner
Program, was conducted by the NASA in conjunction with the JPL, to investigate the
inner planets of the solar system, including Mars, Venus and Mercury. There were ten
3 A Brief History of Space Flight
Table 3.3 Distances of the planets relative to Sun
Planets
Binary encoded
Decimal number
Mercury
0
1
0
1
0
1
Venus
9
1
1
1
0
0
1
Earth
6
2
0
1
0
1
1
Mars
100111
39
Jupiter
10000110
134
Saturn
11110111
247
Uranus
111101111
495
Neptune
1100001100
780
Pluto
1111111100
1020
how the limbs can be moved. There is mainly a message to the extraterrestrials that
the average height of human women on the Earth is 168 cm or so, while men are
generally higher than women. Moreover, the spacecraft’s silhouette is drawn in the
same scale so that the size of the human bodies can be deduced by measuring the
actually-intercepted spacecraft. The measurements of the woman’s height and the
actual spacecraft dimension are also a cross-check for the basic length unit with the
hydrogen’s hyperfine transition.
3.6.4 Voyager Probes
3.6.4.1 Programs from Mariner to Voyager
Between 1962 and 1973, an interplanetary exploration project, known as the Mariner
Program, was conducted by the NASA in conjunction with the JPL, to investigate the
inner planets of the solar system, including Mars, Venus and Mercury. There were ten