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[–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

If you learn just a little bit of math you can realize that no one else is getting anywhere near them either.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Next year, Voyager I will have traveled 1 light day. It will also be over 49 years old at that time. Think about that for a moment. Almost 50 years to travel the time it takes light to travel in a single day. Our closest star is Proxima Centauri at 4.25 light years away. To reach Proxima Centauri, Voyager I would need to travel ~77,500 years. Voyager 1 is one of the fastest man-made objects in existence and it would take far longer than the entire history of civilization to arrive.

    Space is big.

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