To infinity and beyond

[Grasser73]

I saw a documentary on this.

Eventually it will harness the entire knowledge of the universe and come back as a sentient being looking to destroy the world. We'll have to send up some bald headed bird to sort it out.

Sinead O'Connor ?

[original PM]

I saw a documentary on this.

Eventually it will harness the entire knowledge of the universe and come back as a sentient being looking to destroy the world. We'll have to send up some bald headed bird to sort it out.

I think that was actually Star Trek: The Motion Picture

But then I think you know that too!

[Gonzo]

There is a growing school of thought that it might not have been such a bright idea to give our location away, a bit too presumptuous.

Prepare for the harvest.

A sufficiently advanced civilization would likely have moved on from nomadic harvesting of natural resources to farming.

Unless they have forgotten where they planted us I think they know we are here.

Creatures that feasted on creatures from other planets would have slim pickings given the number of inhabited planets that we have discovered so far.

Another planet in severe distress needing a new home is a totally different proposition, and could plausibly be us in a few years time.

[RichardCranium]

A sufficiently advanced civilization would likely have moved on from nomadic harvesting of natural resources to farming.

Unless they have forgotten where they planted us I think they know we are here.

Unless we're a weed growing at the edge of the field.

[doodab]

There is a growing school of thought that it might not have been such a bright idea to give our location away, a bit too presumptuous.

Prepare for the harvest.

A sufficiently advanced civilization would likely have moved on from nomadic harvesting of natural resources to farming.

Unless they have forgotten where they planted us I think they know we are here.

[gingerjedi]

It's very cool. We (I'm speaking for all mankind here if you'll excuse my arrogance) should do more stuff like this.

There is a growing school of thought that it might not have been such a bright idea to give our location away, a bit too presumptuous.

Prepare for the harvest.

[MarillionFan]

I saw a documentary on this.

Eventually it will harness the entire knowledge of the universe and come back as a sentient being looking to destroy the world. We'll have to send up some bald headed bird to sort it out.

[derekthedalek]

I sincerely hope they know what they're doing when they () try and replace the batteries

I'll keep a look out but I'm not going out of my way to do it.

[HairyArsedBloke]

It doesn't matter; everything you think is real isn't - is just a simulation in someone's lab.

[doodab]

It's very cool. We (I'm speaking for all mankind here if you'll excuse my arrogance) should do more stuff like this.

[RichardCranium]

Has it reached the heliopause yet?

It should be welcomed when it gets there, since it was instrumental in confirming its existence and distance.

[xoggoth]

Nothing beyond there is real. It's just a giant video screen.

[SupremeSpod]

I sincerely hope they know what they're doing when they () try and replace the batteries

[TimberWolf]

Has it reached the heliopause yet?

I think they are still arguing about that one.

[TimberWolf]

or at least to outside our solar system and into interstellar space, according to someone the BBC are quoting.

BBC News - Voyager near Solar System's edge

Although the prevailing view is, or was, that the solar system's boundary was beyond the Oort cloud, a cloud of comets lying a good fraction of a light year from the Sun, and Voyager is no where near that distance. Not even a significant tiny fraction of that distance. 1/500th of the distance by conservative estimates and 1/1700 by bigger ones.

Perhaps our solar system has shrunk.


Earth from Voyager 1, taken in 1990 from a distance of 40 earth-sun distances (AU)
Pale Blue Dot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Or about the distance of Pluto from the Sun.

Voyager 1, the fastest out of the two Voyagers and the second to be launched, is currently 115 AU from the Sun and is expected to be lifeless by 2025. I do hope our distant ancestors pay a visit one day, and change the batteries. Fare well Voyager.