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Small problems

  • 23 Jun 2024
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This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1. File Photo: NASA/AP

The recent news in the papers is that the Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in action after some mechanical problems. What amuses me is that it is now sending back messages from 24 billion kilometers away in 22.5 hours, less than a day so why does it take more than a week for a letter to go across a city?

Scientists can solve big problems but who can solve my small problems?

Dennis Fitzgerald

Melbourne, Australia

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