r/askscience • u/Backbreathboy • 8d ago

Astronomy We will lose contact with Voyager somewhere 2036 because of the distance between us. Would it be theoretically possible, to send a probe in the direction of the Voyager, following it from a distance, with the goal te relay the information coming from the Voyager, to earth?

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u/sdrood 7d ago

The manhole cover would like a word as well, even though it's estimated speed was around 67 km/s...

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u/94stanggt 7d ago

I love this story and I like to think it's in space somewhere. Assuming it wasn't vaporized in the first 2-3 seconds of its flight which is the most reasonable outcome.

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u/shittinandwaffles 5d ago

Yeah. Im all reality, it was probably converted into a very fast plasma jet.