Is it humankind's greatest achievement? 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space. It is the first human-made object ever to do so. Slowly dying within its heart is a plutonium generator that will beat for perhaps another decade before the lights on Voyager finally go out. But this little craft will travel on for millions of years, carrying a Golden Record bearing recordings and images of life on Earth. In all likelihood Voyager will outlive humanity and all our creations. It could be the only thing to mark our existence. Perhaps some day an alien will find it and wonder. The story of Voyager is an epic of human achievement, personal drama and almost miraculous success. Launched 16 days apart in Autumn 1977, the twin Voyager space probes have defied all the odds, survived countless near misses and almost 40 years later continue to beam revolutionary information across unimaginable distances. With less computing power than a ...
译文(2): 这是人类最伟大的成就吗？120亿英里外一艘小型宇宙飞船正在离开我们的太阳系进入外太空的虚空。这是有史以来第一个这样做的人造物件。在旅行者号上的灯光最终熄灭之前，它的心脏里的钚发生器可能还要再跳动十年才会慢慢死去。但是这个小飞船将继续旅行数百万年，携带着一张金唱片，上面记录了地球上的生命和图像。旅行者号极有可能比人类和我们所有的造物都要长寿。这可能是我们存在的唯一标志。也许有一天外星人会发现它并且好奇。旅行者号的故事是一部关于人类成就、个人戏剧和几乎奇迹般的成功的史诗。1977年秋天，相隔16天发射的旅行者号双星太空探测器克服了种种困难，经历了无数次险象环生的失误，并在近40年后继续发射革命性的信息，跨越难以想象的距离。计算能力比..。