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Although Voyager has traveled an incredible distance, and is moving at incredible (to us) speeds, it is a tiny spec that hasn't even truly left our solar system
by wikwocket 13y ago
Although Voyager has traveled an incredible distance, and is moving at incredible (to us) speeds, it is a tiny spec that hasn't even truly left our solar system yet. By my math it would take it more than 10,000 years to travel a single light year away, and the closest star to Sol is 4 times as far.
I'm afraid that if we see an actual vessel from another system, it will be a flying saucer capable of warp speed, and not an early space probe. ;)`
- thret 13y agoA von Neumann probe should be less of a challenge than faster than light travel, so I think a slow moving ship is more likely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft