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> They have traveled farther and lasted longer than any other spacecraft in history. And they have crossed into interstellar space, according to our best unders
by hourago 4y ago
> They have traveled farther and lasted longer than any other spacecraft in history. And they have crossed into interstellar space, according to our best understanding of the boundary between the sun's sphere of influence and the rest of the galaxy. They are the first human-made objects to do so, a distinction they will hold for at least another few decades.
They will be the ones that have traveled the farthest until faster objects catch up and surpass them. It may take time until we send anything faster, and it's going to need time to catch up, so it will take decades.
- wyldfire 4y agoBut when they do catch up and surpass them, they won't unseat the first ones at being first.
- hourago 4y agoI know what you mean. What I say is that "distinction" is a substitute for "have traveled farther and lasted longer" not "the first human-made".
- in_cahoots 4y agoBut that’s not what first means! You’re either first or you have traveled farther, combining them into one clause doesn’t make sense. If I’m the first person to be the fastest runner, then nobody else can be first. It just doesn’t make any sense. Someone can be faster, but they’ll never be first.