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1. eimrin+m6[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:18:28
>>belter+(OP)
> The probe is currently around 32 billion kilometers from Earth, and gets 15km further away every second.

I beg anybody to rephrase it understandingly with using some units similar to football fields. Is it possible to launch a little cheap rocket with a transmitter just to correct Voyager's position?

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2. igleri+lo[view] [source] 2023-07-31 13:24:59
>>eimrin+m6
constant 15 km/s and 32 billion km gives something like 67 years. IF a 120 yard football field was equivalent to this distance and a very slow fly is moving through it, it means it's advancing 1.8 yards per year.

or something, dunno.

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