PIONEER Plaque (1972 & 1973) - Message to the Universe

Print a piece of Space History

Size : 228.6mm x 152.4mm x 1.4mm (Real Size)

The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminum plaques that were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 is intercepted by intelligent extraterrestrial life. The plaques show the nude figures of a human male and female along with several symbols that are designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft. (Wikipedia)

It would be faster to send them Gcodes.

Print instructions

Printed on MK3S
Filament tested : PLA

Nozzle 0.4mm : 0.2mm tested

• Add a 10mm brim if you want to avoid unsticking angles.
• Use External perimeters first to improve the precision of the engravings.
• Slow temperature printing (190-200°C) can improve the precision of the engravings.
• Use Monotonic for top.

• Import the 2 files in the slicer and adjust the superposition.
• First print Pioneer 1rst Layer (Gold)
• Then print Pioneer Plaque
  1: up to 0.60mm (Black)
  2: above 0.80mm (Gold)

PrusaSlicer 2.3.0