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这是人类最大的成就吗？120亿英里外，一艘小型飞船离开了我们的太阳系，进入了太空深处。这是第一个人类制造的物体。在它的心脏内慢慢死去的是一个钚发电机，它可能会在旅行者号上的灯终于出去之前再跳动十年。但这艘小飞船将载载着地球上的生命记录和金色影像，延续数百万年。在所有的可能性，旅行者将会比人类和所有我们的创作。这可能是我们生存的唯一标志。也许有一天外星人会找到它，并感到惊奇。旅行者的故事是人类成就、个人戏剧和近乎奇迹般成功的史诗。在1977秋季发射的16天里，“双航行者”太空探测器克服了所有的可能性，幸存了无数次未遂事故，几乎40年后，继续在不可想象的距离上发射革命性信息。具有较低的计算能力…

  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 ...