Garriott Sends Coded Message from Space

Being the first game developer in space isn’t the only thing for Richard Garriott. He is also the first to initiate an “intergalactic mini-ARG” as he carried with himself not only the DNA of gamers (and Stephen Colbert), but also a card with a coded message using the hieroglyphics of Tabula Rasa.

A video of Garriott holding the card was broadcast back to earth where a more legible version was posted. It didn’t take long for fans to decode the message, which was a translation of Soviet rocket scientist Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky: "Earth is the cradle of humanity but mankind will not be in the cradle forever."

Garriott is currently on board the International Space Station and will return to earth on October 24.