E' stato costruito anche per portare un nostro segnale di esistenza nello spazio al di là dell'orbita di Plutone, Urano e Nettuno, verso le stelle. Mi piace pensare che adesso faccia rotta verso la prima stella a destra, e poi diritto fino al mattino.
Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System
Aug. 15, 2013 — Voyager 1 appears to have at long last left our solar system and entered interstellar space, says a University of Maryland-led team of researchers.Carrying Earthly greetings on a gold plated phonograph record and still-operational scientific instruments -- including the Low Energy Charged Particle detector designed, built and overseen, in part, by UMD's Space Physics Group -- NASA's Voyager 1 has traveled farther from Earth than any other human-made object. Continua a leggere qui