Voyager I

[Clark Williams]

Light time 1 way: 23:53:23 (hh:mm:ss) at 0500 today 

Clark 

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[Will Kramer]

Hey Clark!

Thanks for the update!  V-ger ("seeks the creator"), is almost to 1 light day away!  At a recent Europa star party, I was trying to give a guest an idea of the distance and time to the nearest stars, compared to the distance to our outer planets, and I mentioned Voyager.  Our fastest, most distant spacecraft has taken 50 years to go 1 light day, so, if you multiply 50 years X 365 days, you get 18,250 years to go just 1 light year's distance!  Multiply that by 4.3, and you could possibly be approaching the Alpha Centauri neighborhood in about 78,475 years.  I think it helped them understand why even the brightest stars in the night sky are just "points" of light, but the distances are still hard to comprehend!

Will    

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Light time 1 way: 23:53:23 (hh:mm:ss) at 0500 today 

Clark 

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[Clark Williams]

And just think; only 300 more years to the edge of the Ort Cloud. Fastest moving body humans have ever sent into the universe and we still need 350-years to get to the inner edge of the Ort Cloud. Of course we expect Voyages to run out of fuel in 2027 no matter what we do but still…350 years just to get to the theoretical cloud of dust and comets is pretty impressive for a bunch of smart apes. 

Clark

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