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[-] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] GeekFTW@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] IdealShrew@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

exposure to what? it will keep floating forever.

[-] yumpoopsoup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

radiation in space is strong

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