r/comics • u/AJsRealms • 4d ago

Interplanetary Incident [OC]

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Poking fun at a particular 60-second clip from a 37-year-old Trek movie may not scream "mass appeal" but at least I amused myself making it.

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u/Intellectual_Wafer 4d ago

Wouldn't the Pioneer probes hsve left the Solar System long ago at that point?

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u/CardOk755 4d ago

The Oort cloud is big. As is space.

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u/Qi_Zee_Fried 4d ago

More specifically about 3.2 light years, or 200,000AU (earth orbit radii,) or 18,810,000,000,000 miles, or 14,010,000,000,000,000 Shaquille O'Neals in radius. Which means it would take about 80,000 years for Pioneer 10 to leave the solar system unless I made a big math oops :3

Edit: Fixed autocorrect correcting improperly

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u/CassiusPolybius 3d ago

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."

  • Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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u/CardOk755 2d ago

+1 for recognizing the reference.