# Earth sent a greeting into space that asks about dinner

The Voyager Golden Record carries 55 spoken greetings. One begins with a very familiar kind of hospitality.

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Added: 2026-10-21
Topic: Curiosities

## Scope and context

Applies to: NASA's Golden Record archive and historical explanation of its greetings
Time context: Voyager's 1977 mission; NASA explanatory article from 2002
Sources checked: 2026-10-21

This describes the record's contents, not proof that anyone has received or understood it. The 2002 spacecraft-status discussion is not a current status report.

## A physical message

NASA describes a 12-inch gold-plated copper record aboard each Voyager. Images, natural sounds, music and greetings in 55 languages were selected to introduce life on Earth.

[1: NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-golden-record-overview/)

## Hospitality, on an interstellar scale

NASA's 2002 article translates the Amoy greeting as asking how the visitors are, whether they have eaten, and inviting them to visit. The detail makes a distant mission feel unexpectedly domestic.

[2: NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-program/howdy-strangers/)

## Sources

1. [Golden Record Overview](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-golden-record-overview/) — NASA. Mission archive · checked 2026-10-21. Record format, contents and purpose.

2. [Howdy, Strangers](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-program/howdy-strangers/) — NASA. 2002-08-19. Historical explanation of the greetings, including Amoy.

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