"Voyager 1" departed from Earth for 20 billion kilometers Bashny.Net

The spacecraft "Voyager 1" departed from the Earth at a distance of more than 20 billion kilometers. In fact, every second of this unit puts a new world record, because to him, no man-made system was not removed from the planet at such a distance. The radio signal from the "Voyager" and back to Earth is about 37 hours.

September 7 this year celebrated 38 years since the launch of this unit. In August, NASA posted a net record, digitize gold plates, which bear the "Voyager 1" ("Voyager 2" bears the same drive). Listen to the recording, you can here .



Musical works occupy more than 75% of total entries. Among other compositions have classical music, modern and traditional music.

As for the classics, the aliens, who have access to a machine will be able to hear, for example, Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto N2», «Gavotte in rondo form", "Well-Tempered Clavier" (I wonder understand whether aliens expression "Tempered Clavier"? ) and Beethoven (5th symphony, string quartet number 13), Mozart ("The Magic Flute") and Stravinsky ("The Rite of Spring»).

By the way, "Voyager 1" was also the first spacecraft created on earth, which came into interstellar space. Scientists have long debated when the unit left the solar system, and left there (the first time that it happened, it was announced back in 2013). But in the summer of 2014 experts have yet to general opinion - yes, left.



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Follow the journey of "Voyager 1" and his sister, "Voyager 2» here .

Source: geektimes.ru/post/265182/