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It is so cool that we have functioning instrumentation almost a light-day away from Earth.
by ISL 4y ago
It is so cool that we have functioning instrumentation almost a light-day away from Earth.
- pengaru 4y agoIt's also rather depressing how long it's taken to get something a mere light-day away from Earth, when so much interesting stuff is many light-years away.
- fy20 4y agoThe launch vehicle of the Voyager probes could carry 15,000kg to LEO, the Falcon Heavy can carry 63,000kg. If we really wanted to send something out as fast as possible, we could do it much faster than this.
- Denvercoder9 4y agoVoyager did benefit of gravity assists from all the major planets, though. New Horizons was launched at a much higher speed than the Voyagers, but will never overtake it.
- accrual 4y agoAlpha Centauri is 4.367 light years away, so at least not too many. :)
- ISL 4y agoThe Arecibo Message is 48 light years from Earth, moving one light-year per year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message