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nasa@earth:~$ ping voyager.1

PING voyager.1 (###.###.###.###) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from voyager.1 (###.###.###.###): icmp_seq=1 ttl=inf time=44.8 hrs

64 bytes from voyager.1 (###.###.###.###): icmp_seq=2 ttl=inf time=45.1 hrs

64 bytes from voyager.1 (###.###.###.###): icmp_seq=3 ttl=inf time=44.9 hrs

64 bytes from voyager.1 (###.###.###.###): icmp_seq=4 ttl=inf time=45.2 hrs

64 bytes from voyager.1 (###.###.###.###): icmp_seq=5 ttl=inf time=45.0 hrs



Something very wrong is going on with voyager, your terrestrial network or the universe!!! The spread of that ping is 0.4 hrs which I take to be 24 minutes! During that time a radio signal would travel 3 times the distance between the sun and the earth (AU). The only thing I can think of that could possibly be causing that delay is having to wait for a deep space network dish to aim properly.


IPv4 didnt even exist when it was launched. They should have waited for ipv6




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