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> once in a generation window That's putting it mildly—the alignment Voyager used occurs once every 176 years! That we went from mucking around with sounding r
by ericbarrett 5y ago
> once in a generation window
That's putting it mildly—the alignment Voyager used occurs once every 176 years! That we went from mucking around with sounding rockets in the New Mexico desert to venturing out of the solar system in a couple decades remains, in my opinion, the crowning technical achievement of humankind.