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So the Voyager Space Craft is back on line. A voyage that started in 1977 is now 17 light hours away and the machine is still working!!!
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spice1 · M
I think you got your distance wrong.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@spice1 https://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-voyager-2-probe-suffers-glitch-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system/
spice1 · M
@hippyjoe1955 never heard the term light hours before.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@spice1 it is Speed of light X time lapse between sending and arrival equal Light time. Light year is the most common but any time measurement is an accurate distance measurement. The sun is 9 light minutes away.
spice1 · M
@hippyjoe1955 you're right I learned something new today thanks for the info.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@spice1 Glad to be of assistance. I remember the space craft being launched and all the hope they had in sending them out. Seems so long ago and they have hardly even left home. It boggles the mind to think how vast space is. Still incredible that they are still working. I read an article about them that they are not where they should be according to the common theory of gravity you and I learned in high school.
spice1 · M
@hippyjoe1955 I know I also remember when it was launched,especially the golden disk it was carrying full of earth cultural.
@hippyjoe1955 Whatever happened to the 'parsec'?