Isithumankind’sgreatestachievement?12billionmilesawayatinyspaceshipisleavingourSolarSystemandenteringthevoidofdeepspace.Itisthefirsthuman-madeobjectevertodoso.SlowlydyingwithinitsheartisaplutoniumgeneratorthatwillbeatforperhapsanotherdecadebeforethelightsonVoyagerfinallygoout.Butthislittlecraftwilltravelonformillionsofyears,carryingaGoldenRecordbearingrecordingsandimagesoflifeonEarth.InalllikelihoodVoyagerwilloutlivehumanityandallourcreations.Itcouldbetheonlythingtomarkourexistence.Perhapssomedayanalienwillfinditandwonder.ThestoryofVoyagerisanepicofhumanachievement,personaldramaandalmostmiraculoussuccess.Launched16daysapartinAutumn1977,thetwinVoyagerspaceprobeshavedefiedalltheodds,survivedcountlessnearmissesandalmost40yearslatercontinuetobeamrevolutionaryinformationacrossunimaginabledistances.Withlesscomputingpowerthana...
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