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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. desmon+A7[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:29:13
>>eimrin+m6
Its 3250000 australias away and gets 1 more australia away every 10 days.

Im not sure if thats what you wanted but australias per day is my new favourite unit.

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3. selimt+vc[view] [source] 2023-07-31 12:06:00
>>desmon+A7
Australia is wider than the moon so not a terrible unit
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4. chrism+2f2[view] [source] 2023-07-31 21:41:13
>>selimt+vc
Hmm… moon circumference is 10Mm, Australia width is 4Mm, so you can lay 2½ Australias end-to-end when wrapping them around. Figuring out any 2D tessellation is left as an exercise for the reader. But the process of wrapping them… well, the biggest earthquakes on record only damaged half a dozen buildings and structures, to a few million dollars’ damage; this process might just cause rather a lot more. Like a zillion Australias divided by a Tahiti or so, that many times as much. Yeah. It’ll surely also depend on what depth you peel the Australias at.
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