text: Phoenix is a real mission, and NASA did do that gold plated record thing on the Voyager craft.  Why not?  It is a great publicity stunt and could even raise some money. I think I might have even heard about this.\n\nAh... here is a link:\nhttp://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/messages/phoenix_dvd.html\n\nThe planetary society is a real lobbying group/club. I doubt they would make this up. Yes, I believe it.