▲ 879 ▼ Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 3 years ago by Pips@lemmy.film to c/world@lemmy.world 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 3 years ago (4 children) Once both spacecraft run out of power - expected sometime after 2025 - they will continue roaming through space. Why does thinking about this make me a bit sad? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 35 points 3 years ago* (2 children) If we take a moment to anthropomorphize Voyager here - It kinda is. Think of the pure vastness of space. Remember that all of the planets in our Solar System can fit between the Earth and our own Moon with a little space to spare. Look up to the sky, point in any direction and (with the magical ability to fly up and through space) go in that direction without changing course, and there is an almost 100% guarantee you will never run into anything. Sure you may see things go by as you travel, but its just..never ending travel, fast as shit, through endless space until you just..stop and die. Voyager's just gonna keep going, and going...and going. It's material will eventually break down I assume, due to exposure, and perhaps fall to pieces, but...it'll keep going. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 30 points 3 years ago (2 children) Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh no, not again permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago What the fuck I’m fucking drunk holy shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hopscotch@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Is that from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams? permalink fedilink source parent [–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) exposure to what? it will keep floating forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] matt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) I would suspect at some point it will come into contact with other matter but yea... That could take a very, very long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) sure, that could happen, although extremely unlikely. but never say never I guess! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Puppy@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yumpoopsoup@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago radiation in space is strong permalink fedilink source parent [–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Space exposure. I'm not what anyone would typically classify as "smart" by any stretch but I have to imagine being out traveling in interstellar space for (eventually) centuries will end up in some kind of eventual damage, be it either from idk fuck ass Space Radiation™, or micro asteroid impacts, or anything else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cassetti@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago micrometeorites permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zalack@startrek.website 26 points 3 years ago (1 child) The cool thing about Voyager is that it has a record of information about Earth, etched in gold, with instructions on how to read the data it contains back. Even once it powers down, it's still on a mission. If millions of years from now intelligent alien life ever encounters it, they will know who we were and that we existed. It's our handprint on the cosmic wall. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 5 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/clip/UgkxOmBfsSDT0FOIZnsrudkH5TOylNDxNuW2 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago (3 children) They will likely be the last evidence that the human race ever existed. In 2-3 billion years the sun will leave the main sequence steady state it has been in. This will end in it turning into a red giant, and engulfing earth and destroying all record we existed. Meanwhile, the journey of Voyager 1 and 2 will have only just begun. They will continue moving through the expanding universe for at least 3,000,000 Billion years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wouldn’t friction (however little in deep outer space) eventually decay the crafts way before Earth is engulfed by the Sun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago (3 children) Interspace is empty on a level that is hard to imagine. There are 2.652×10^25 molecules in one m^3 of air. That is 26520000000000000000000000. In intellar space? The is 1. IE: the probe would hit more atoms in one second on earth moving at 1 m/s than it would travelling the entire age of the universe so far through interstellar space. Even the space between the planets is thick with matter by comparison. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 8 points 3 years ago That is indeed mind boggling. Thank you for sharing this with me. I did not realize it is that thin out there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago 265.2 septillion, if I'm not mistaken. Mind-boggling! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I don't think this comparison is really valid. If you are going through the molecules of air at the speed voyager is currently going it would vaporize. If you're comparing it to more terrestrial speeds, It also ignores the amount of energy imparted by that 1 atom due to the high velocity. The high velocity also means it encounters those singular atoms and a higher rate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Supermuff@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago If we never send a spaceprobe ever again that is permalink fedilink source parent [–] LiiTheBaddie@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago If we are lucky the earth might survive after the sun becomes a red giant. As the sun expands because its gravity is weakening which means the hold on earth will be weaker and the earth will move away from the sun. Hopefully the speed we move away is equal to or faster than the suns expansion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 20 points 3 years ago (2 children) It'll be back as Vger after a couple hundred years and try to kill us, no biggie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago Well the last Voyager came back from deep space with a sexy borg lady, so I for one look forward to their return. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It'll miss us by 2 degrees it seems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 35 points 3 years ago* (2 children) If we take a moment to anthropomorphize Voyager here - It kinda is. Think of the pure vastness of space. Remember that all of the planets in our Solar System can fit between the Earth and our own Moon with a little space to spare. Look up to the sky, point in any direction and (with the magical ability to fly up and through space) go in that direction without changing course, and there is an almost 100% guarantee you will never run into anything. Sure you may see things go by as you travel, but its just..never ending travel, fast as shit, through endless space until you just..stop and die. Voyager's just gonna keep going, and going...and going. It's material will eventually break down I assume, due to exposure, and perhaps fall to pieces, but...it'll keep going. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 30 points 3 years ago (2 children) Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh no, not again permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago What the fuck I’m fucking drunk holy shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hopscotch@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Is that from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams? permalink fedilink source parent [–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) exposure to what? it will keep floating forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] matt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) I would suspect at some point it will come into contact with other matter but yea... That could take a very, very long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) sure, that could happen, although extremely unlikely. but never say never I guess! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Puppy@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yumpoopsoup@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago radiation in space is strong permalink fedilink source parent [–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Space exposure. I'm not what anyone would typically classify as "smart" by any stretch but I have to imagine being out traveling in interstellar space for (eventually) centuries will end up in some kind of eventual damage, be it either from idk fuck ass Space Radiation™, or micro asteroid impacts, or anything else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cassetti@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago micrometeorites permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 30 points 3 years ago (2 children) Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh no, not again permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago What the fuck I’m fucking drunk holy shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hopscotch@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Is that from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh no, not again permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago What the fuck I’m fucking drunk holy shit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago What the fuck I’m fucking drunk holy shit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hopscotch@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Is that from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) exposure to what? it will keep floating forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] matt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) I would suspect at some point it will come into contact with other matter but yea... That could take a very, very long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) sure, that could happen, although extremely unlikely. but never say never I guess! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Puppy@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yumpoopsoup@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago radiation in space is strong permalink fedilink source parent [–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Space exposure. I'm not what anyone would typically classify as "smart" by any stretch but I have to imagine being out traveling in interstellar space for (eventually) centuries will end up in some kind of eventual damage, be it either from idk fuck ass Space Radiation™, or micro asteroid impacts, or anything else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cassetti@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago micrometeorites permalink fedilink source parent
[–] matt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) I would suspect at some point it will come into contact with other matter but yea... That could take a very, very long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) sure, that could happen, although extremely unlikely. but never say never I guess! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Puppy@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) sure, that could happen, although extremely unlikely. but never say never I guess! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Puppy@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Puppy@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victron@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe a fucking black hole will suck it even. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur. They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Bold of you to assume we'll be around in 1,000 years permalink fedilink source parent
[–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Hey you leave my mom out of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yumpoopsoup@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago radiation in space is strong permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Space exposure. I'm not what anyone would typically classify as "smart" by any stretch but I have to imagine being out traveling in interstellar space for (eventually) centuries will end up in some kind of eventual damage, be it either from idk fuck ass Space Radiation™, or micro asteroid impacts, or anything else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zalack@startrek.website 26 points 3 years ago (1 child) The cool thing about Voyager is that it has a record of information about Earth, etched in gold, with instructions on how to read the data it contains back. Even once it powers down, it's still on a mission. If millions of years from now intelligent alien life ever encounters it, they will know who we were and that we existed. It's our handprint on the cosmic wall. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 5 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/clip/UgkxOmBfsSDT0FOIZnsrudkH5TOylNDxNuW2 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago (3 children) They will likely be the last evidence that the human race ever existed. In 2-3 billion years the sun will leave the main sequence steady state it has been in. This will end in it turning into a red giant, and engulfing earth and destroying all record we existed. Meanwhile, the journey of Voyager 1 and 2 will have only just begun. They will continue moving through the expanding universe for at least 3,000,000 Billion years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wouldn’t friction (however little in deep outer space) eventually decay the crafts way before Earth is engulfed by the Sun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago (3 children) Interspace is empty on a level that is hard to imagine. There are 2.652×10^25 molecules in one m^3 of air. That is 26520000000000000000000000. In intellar space? The is 1. IE: the probe would hit more atoms in one second on earth moving at 1 m/s than it would travelling the entire age of the universe so far through interstellar space. Even the space between the planets is thick with matter by comparison. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 8 points 3 years ago That is indeed mind boggling. Thank you for sharing this with me. I did not realize it is that thin out there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago 265.2 septillion, if I'm not mistaken. Mind-boggling! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I don't think this comparison is really valid. If you are going through the molecules of air at the speed voyager is currently going it would vaporize. If you're comparing it to more terrestrial speeds, It also ignores the amount of energy imparted by that 1 atom due to the high velocity. The high velocity also means it encounters those singular atoms and a higher rate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Supermuff@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago If we never send a spaceprobe ever again that is permalink fedilink source parent [–] LiiTheBaddie@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago If we are lucky the earth might survive after the sun becomes a red giant. As the sun expands because its gravity is weakening which means the hold on earth will be weaker and the earth will move away from the sun. Hopefully the speed we move away is equal to or faster than the suns expansion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wouldn’t friction (however little in deep outer space) eventually decay the crafts way before Earth is engulfed by the Sun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago (3 children) Interspace is empty on a level that is hard to imagine. There are 2.652×10^25 molecules in one m^3 of air. That is 26520000000000000000000000. In intellar space? The is 1. IE: the probe would hit more atoms in one second on earth moving at 1 m/s than it would travelling the entire age of the universe so far through interstellar space. Even the space between the planets is thick with matter by comparison. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 8 points 3 years ago That is indeed mind boggling. Thank you for sharing this with me. I did not realize it is that thin out there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago 265.2 septillion, if I'm not mistaken. Mind-boggling! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I don't think this comparison is really valid. If you are going through the molecules of air at the speed voyager is currently going it would vaporize. If you're comparing it to more terrestrial speeds, It also ignores the amount of energy imparted by that 1 atom due to the high velocity. The high velocity also means it encounters those singular atoms and a higher rate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago (3 children) Interspace is empty on a level that is hard to imagine. There are 2.652×10^25 molecules in one m^3 of air. That is 26520000000000000000000000. In intellar space? The is 1. IE: the probe would hit more atoms in one second on earth moving at 1 m/s than it would travelling the entire age of the universe so far through interstellar space. Even the space between the planets is thick with matter by comparison. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 8 points 3 years ago That is indeed mind boggling. Thank you for sharing this with me. I did not realize it is that thin out there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago 265.2 septillion, if I'm not mistaken. Mind-boggling! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I don't think this comparison is really valid. If you are going through the molecules of air at the speed voyager is currently going it would vaporize. If you're comparing it to more terrestrial speeds, It also ignores the amount of energy imparted by that 1 atom due to the high velocity. The high velocity also means it encounters those singular atoms and a higher rate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 8 points 3 years ago That is indeed mind boggling. Thank you for sharing this with me. I did not realize it is that thin out there! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago 265.2 septillion, if I'm not mistaken. Mind-boggling! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I don't think this comparison is really valid. If you are going through the molecules of air at the speed voyager is currently going it would vaporize. If you're comparing it to more terrestrial speeds, It also ignores the amount of energy imparted by that 1 atom due to the high velocity. The high velocity also means it encounters those singular atoms and a higher rate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Supermuff@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago If we never send a spaceprobe ever again that is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LiiTheBaddie@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago If we are lucky the earth might survive after the sun becomes a red giant. As the sun expands because its gravity is weakening which means the hold on earth will be weaker and the earth will move away from the sun. Hopefully the speed we move away is equal to or faster than the suns expansion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 20 points 3 years ago (2 children) It'll be back as Vger after a couple hundred years and try to kill us, no biggie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago Well the last Voyager came back from deep space with a sexy borg lady, so I for one look forward to their return. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It'll miss us by 2 degrees it seems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago Well the last Voyager came back from deep space with a sexy borg lady, so I for one look forward to their return. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago It'll miss us by 2 degrees it seems. permalink fedilink source parent