JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for April 05, 1998
Transcript:
Joe: Have you seen my sunglasses? Marcy: Never mind that! Where on earth are my car keys? Marcy: you ever hear of pioneer 10? Joe: Sounds vaguely familiar. Marcy: It's an unmanned spacecraft that was launched back in 1972. According to this article, it's the farthest man made object from earth. joe: how far away is it? Marcy: It's more than sixty million miles away! Joe: Isn't modern technology amazing?! marcy: They don't call them rocket scientists for nothing! woman: I told you to stop at that russian space station and ask for directions!
Batteries about 4 years ago
More like 8 billion miles (in 1998)