Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening

inari@piefed.zip · 2 days ago

Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening

RicoBerto@piefed.blahaj.zone · 21 hours ago

I don’t know that i’d go that far. There is certainly debate on what constutes hard or soft sci-fi, but I’d say as long as the technology is either the focus, or is the main facilitator of the story then it’s more sci-fi. In star wars there is not much technology that is necessarily required, all of it could have been replaced with fantasy elements and it’s the same. It’s not a focus, whereas the expanse for instance relies upon the limitations of the technology to drive the plot.

I don’t know could be talking out my ass, purely vibes based genre definition.

Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening

Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening

Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening half a century later.