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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] 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.