Speed of Light Not So Impressive

Cool Science Facts has an article up that caught my eye, and I have been enjoying reading, it talks about the speed of light and how it may seem fast compared to our Earthly modes of transportation but its actually quite slow when compared to a cosmic scale, and being the sci-fi buff I am, I couldn't let the article pass without mentioning it.

The Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched only 29 years ago. It's currently the farthest away from the Earth of any man-made object. In just a short amount of time, this spacecraft, designed by primitive 1970's-era engineers, many of whom were wearing corduroy bell bottoms, has managed to travel so far away from the Earth that it takes radio signals traveling at the speed of light 14 hours to reach it.

I am not making this up. An object that was recently built by people is now far enough away that if you could travel to it at the speed of light, for the in-flight movie you could watch the original director's cut of Water World four times, break for a dinner, and then watch Ishtar before having to put your tray in its upright position.

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