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		Gazoche on Oct 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a brief paus... We don't need to go that fast, Voyager 1 is only travelling at 6% of the speed of light. UPDATE: 0.006%, not 6%

amenhotep on Oct 31, 2024 [–]

0.006%, if anyone else was taken aback by this. I wonder what a world where 17 kps was 6% of light speed would look like.

tivert on Oct 31, 2024 | | [–]

> I wonder what a world where 17 kps was 6% of light speed would look like.

A Slower Speed of Light: http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/

Gazoche on Oct 31, 2024 | | [–]

Oof, I'm tired today. Yes I was missing a few zeroes, thanks for the correction :)

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