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And Voyager 1, the furthest man made object has already completed 0,0023 lightyears from the 4.3 lightyears to the nearest star Alpha Centauri. But its heading
by sllabres 7y ago
And Voyager 1, the furthest man made object has already completed 0,0023 lightyears from the 4.3 lightyears to the nearest star Alpha Centauri. But its heading in the wrong direction anyway...
- bArray 7y agoI wounder what would need to be done in order for a computer to still work that far out? Even removing every single point of failure, statistically the other components would still fail over time. I think whichever system you build, it would somehow need to be self-repairing.
- thombat 7y agoVoyager 1 is still functioning, but within 10 years will finally run out of power. That's going to be the limiting factor even for self-repairing systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Future_of_the_probe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Future_of_the_probe
- nojvek 7y agoIt’s somewhat a very sobering thought that there is no intelligent life in all of solar system. The neighbouring stars are too far away for us to visit in our lifetimes. Man I feel so alone.