Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana ne-Golden Records, ngitshele ukuthi iyini, iyaphi, ubani/nini eyidala.
Context:Ama-Voyager Golden Records amarekhodi amabili e-phonograph ayefakwa emikhunjini yomkhumbi-mkhathi i-Voyager eyethulwa ngo-1977. La marekhodi aqukethe imisindo nezithombe ezikhethiwe ukuze ziveze ukuhlukahluka kokuphila namasiko eMhlabeni, futhi zenzelwe noma yiziphi izinhlobo zokuphila ezihlakaniphile ezingaphandle komhlaba ezingase ziwathole. La marekhodi ayizincwadi zesikhathi.  Nakuba kungeyona imikhumbi-mkhathi i-Voyager ebheke kunoma iyiphi inkanyezi ethile, i-Voyager 1 izodlula ebangeni eliyiminyaka engu - 1,6 yokukhanya enkanyezini iGliese 445, okwamanje esemthaleni weCamelopardalis, cishe eminyakeni engu - 40 000 ezayo.  UCarl Sagan waphawula ukuthi "Umkhumbi-mkhathi uyotholakala futhi irekhodi lidlalwe kuphela uma kunezimpucuko ezithuthukile ezihamba emkhathini phakathi kwezinkanyezi, kodwa ukuphonswa kwalesi'sitsha' 'olwandle' lwendalo yonke kusho okuthile okunethemba kakhulu ngokuphila kule planethi".  Okuqukethwe yileli rekhodi kwakhethwa i - NASA ikomiti eyayiholwa uCarl Sagan waseCornell University. Ukukhethwa kokuqukethwe kwaleli rekhodi kwathatha cishe unyaka. USagan nabangane bakhe bahlanganisa izithombe ezingu-115 nemisindo ehlukahlukene yemvelo, njengaleyo eyenziwa amagagasi, umoya, ukuduma kwezulu nezilwane (kuhlanganise nezingoma zezinyoni nemikhomo). Kulokhu banezela okuqukethwe okulalelwayo ukuze bamelele isintu: imikhonzo ekhulunywayo ngezilimi ezingu-55 zasendulo nezanamuhla, kuhlanganise nemikhonzo ekhulunywayo ngesiNgisi nguNobhala-Jikelele we-U.N. uKurt Waldheim kanye nemikhonzo yendodana kaSagan eneminyaka eyisithupha, uNick; eminye imisindo yabantu, njengokunyakaza kwezinyawo nokuhleka (kukaSagan); umyalezo ophefumulelwe othi Per aspera ad astra nge-Morse code; kanye nokhetho lomculo oluvela emasikweni nasezikhathini ezihlukahlukene. Leli rekhodi lihlanganisa nomyalezo ophrintiwe ovela kumongameli wase - United States uJimmy Carter.
I-Voyager Golden Records yadalwa ikomiti ye-NASA futhi yaholwa uCarl Sagan eyethulwa ngo-1977 eya kunoma iyiphi inkanyezi ethile edlula ebangeni eliyiminyaka engu-1.6 yokukhanya yenkanyezi iGliese 445, okwamanje esemthaleni weCamelopardalis, eminyakeni engaba ngu-40.000. Okuqukethwe okuhlinzekwayo kubonisa ukuhlukahluka kokuphila namasiko eMhlabeni ngokusebenzisa imisindo nezithombe.