Thirty-six years after it was launched, the Voyager 1 robot spacecraft has left the solar system and entered true interstellar space: the first known human-made object to do so.
“Voyager has boldly gone where no probe has gone before, marking one of the most significant technological achievements in the annals of the history of science, and adding a new chapter in human scientific dreams and endeavors,” said John Grunsfeld, NASA’s associate administrator for science in Washington.
Voyager: into the interstellar darkness, continuing an intrepid voyage of discovery that could last for billions of years.
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Until some real powerful E.T. patrol picks it up and it winds up in some collection of funniest mechanical contraptions.
And then they follow its back-trail and suddenly our crooked politicians aren’t the most important thing to worry about.