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A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder

A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder

Right now, more than 15 billion miles from Earth, a 48-year-old spacecraft is hurtling through interstellar space at 38,000 miles per hour.
Benjamin Larweh (Tech Fixated)
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ea6927d8
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Nice article, but the imperial units everywhere threw me off a little.
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Einar
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Einar
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Same.

Here some data for the global audience:

  • Current distance from Earth: ~15 billion miles → 24 billion kilometers.
  • Speed: 38,000 mph → 17 km/s relative to the Sun.
  • Annual travel distance: ~900 million miles → 1.45 billion kilometers per year.
  • Tape length: 1,076 feet → 328 meters.
  • Tape width: 0.5 inches → 1.27 cm.
  • Tape durability: Designed to withstand 4,350 km of tape travel before wear.
  • Diameter of the golden record: 12 inches → 30 cm.
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418_im_a_teapot
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418_im_a_teapot
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It seems it travels much farther and much faster when using metric. No wonder they chose it over imperial.

/s

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ms.lane
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ms.lane
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Tape width should be in mm, there is no need to use cm.
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