Scott's purpose was to commemorate those astronauts and cosmonauts who had lost their lives in the furtherance of space exploration, and he designed and separately made a plaque listing fourteen American and Soviet names.
Scott bermaksud mengenang para astronaut dan kosmonaut yang telah gugur dalam memajukan penjelajahan ruang angkasa, dan ia sendiri merancang dan membuat plakat berisi empat belas nama asal Amerika dan Soviet.