23 points | by geox an hour ago
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Free space pathloss for rf signals is proportional to 1/r^2, absolutely bonkers we can get anything from voyager.
And with 50 year old tech! I do wonder if humanity will get to a point where we can retrieve the spacecraft at some point in the future (cue Star Trek fantasies)
Technically, the receivers need not use 50 years old tech. I am saying that not to be annoying but because I wonder how much that matters.
So it is traveling 1/18250 the speed of light. That is pretty fast.
Free space pathloss for rf signals is proportional to 1/r^2, absolutely bonkers we can get anything from voyager.
And with 50 year old tech! I do wonder if humanity will get to a point where we can retrieve the spacecraft at some point in the future (cue Star Trek fantasies)
Technically, the receivers need not use 50 years old tech. I am saying that not to be annoying but because I wonder how much that matters.
So it is traveling 1/18250 the speed of light. That is pretty fast.