Heh, some people don't realize how big space is. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest object away from the Sun that we have ever sent. It is moving at a velocity of 17,060 m/s (61,400 km/h; 38,200 mph) and after 35 years is currently .002 light years out. Which means that if it was pointed to the Proxima Centauri (~4 light years away), it would arrive >70,000 years from now.
"It is the 71st Millenium. In the grim darkness of the far future, something has happened to the Emperor and Imperium of Man as a little speck of manufactured materials drifts onwards through interstellar space, hoping its solar panels will work when it gets somewhere so it can power up again."
Heh, I wonder if God is laughing at us....
"It is the 71st Millenium. In the grim darkness of the far future, something has happened to the Emperor and Imperium of Man as a little speck of manufactured materials drifts onwards through interstellar space, hoping its solar panels will work when it gets somewhere so it can power up again."
Heh, I wonder if God is laughing at us....
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