Voyager 1 wurde 1977 gestartet und ist das am weitesten entfernte Raumschiff der Menschheit – doch nach fast 49 Jahren hat es immer noch keinen Lichttag zurückgelegt. Er ist etwa 166 AE (≈24,8 Milliarden km/15,4 Milliarden Meilen) von der Erde entfernt und zeigt, wie riesig der interstellare Raum wirklich ist.
https://www.sciencealert.com/voyager-1-has-been-flying-across-space-since-1977-and-still-hasnt-traveled-1-light-day
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I worked in a bearing plant that made parts for New Horizons, it always amazed me that I may have helped make something that may be in flight for longer than life has been known to exist.
Interstellar travel is out of the question with the current technology. The fastest spacecraft to date reached a speed of ~80000km/h. This equates to 0.0075% of the speed of light. The closest star is 3.5ly away. So it will take approx. 45000 years to reach it.
Sometime in November.
When the Voyager was launched in September 1977 the most popular shows were Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Threes Company.
The first STAR WARS was the most popular movie.
Jimmy Carter was president.
The Atari 2600 was released, revolutionizing video games.
The Apple II, the Commodore PET and the Radio Shack TRS-80 were released around that time.
CD ROMs didn’t even exist yet, it was all vinyl LPs and cassette tapes. The first Walkman wouldn’t be released for another 2 years.