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originally posted by: ignorant_ape
when considering transmissions from earth - one must take into account the " inverse square rule " for signal strength // propagation .
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the TL : DR summary :
historic broadcasts are still " out there " - BUT even if " something " is scanning the correct part of the spectrum - the chances of them recognising it as a signal is remote - theres a lot of noise
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: Assassin82
Well, my Mom's collection (which I inherited) was just appraised at about $940,000. Needless to say, those stamps are in that collection also! (along with just about every other US Stamp ever minted).
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: TrueBrit
Voyager 1 is about 13.5 billion miles from Earth.
Radio transmissions from the craft require over 19 hours to reach Earth traveling at the speed of light.
originally posted by: BrianFlanders
Kind of gives an idea of just how primitive we really are. Look how long it's taken us just to get out of our own solar system with a probe. This thing has been in space almost as long as I've been alive.