Man's greatest invention?

I have mentioned this before but I am even more now convinced that man's greatest invention, which may have more impact than we can imagine. Is a small, distant object that is beyond our eyes but not our technology. 

The creation is Voyager 1. The NASA launched satellite that has now spent 35 years hurtling away from our, tiny blue planet, which must now look like a tiny blue dot. The news is exciting, in that there is a distinct possibility that this tiny explorer may well have broken through to the other side.

If this story is confirmed then this satellite be the first man made object to leave our solar system. Quite a momentous moment in the history of our civilisation as we reach beyond our home into a new one, who knows what valuable information will be sent back? We do know that the radio signal takes 16 hours to get back to us here, on Earth.

The life of Voyager is only believed to be able to hold out for another decade or so. It will be a sad moment when the power finally turns off and no more information will be sent or received. The great missionary will be no more. It will drift away into the unknown, silent yet seeing the most wonderful sights and no way to tell us. 


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