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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away (www.space.com)

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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away::A few updates to the two Voyager spacecraft should extend the space explorers' lives so they can continue adventuring in the cosmos.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

More than a full day. It would take the signal about 18.5 hrs to get to Voyager. We'd then have to wait another 18.5 hrs for the signal to get back so we could know if it worked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Imagine driving 18 light hours. 😬 How long would that even take??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

At 70 mph, that would take 172,444,276 hrs. That's about 19,635 years non-stop.