KEO is the name of a proposed space time capsule which will be launched in 2010 or 2011 carrying messages from the citizens of present Earth to humanity 50,000 years from now, when it will reenter Earth's atmosphere.
The KEO project is supported by UNESCO (who voted it "Project of the 21st century"), Hutchison Whampoa and the European Space Agency, among other institutions. Its name is supposed to represent the three most frequently used sounds common to the most widely spoken languages today, [k] - voiceless velar plosive, [e] - Close-mid front unrounded vowel and [o] - Close-mid back rounded vowel.
Every person is invited to write a message addressed to the future inhabitants—the deadline is December 31, 2009.
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