Yes, I was only referring to our solar system. We understood that Andromeda was light years away back in 1976. Forgot to mention that Skylab was still in orbi

Yes, I was only referring to our solar system. We understood that Andromeda was light years away back in 1976. Forgot to mention that Skylab was still in orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab And Pioneer was heading out into the solar system. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.h... The Russians were sending probes to Venus during that time too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera