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To: Red Badger

It’s a great idea. We sent out space probes nearly 50 yrs ago, and they have travelled about 22 light HOURS.

How many light years away is the nearest black hole, and how many years would it take for the data to be sent back?


26 posted on 08/08/2025 1:28:20 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: lurk

Lets put it this way—by the time the data is sent back the data will not be able to be interpreted by any human.

Any language that is was sent in could be an unknown antique dialect that could not be understood by anyone on the planet.

Even binary code probably would probably be obsolete at that point.


29 posted on 08/08/2025 1:31:57 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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