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To: SkyDancer

4-1/2 hours to send it a command
4-1/2 hours for the probe to send an acknowledgement.

It is 3 billion miles away

In comparison, it takes sunlight about 8 minutes to reach Earth.

God’s universe is immense. I am in awe


50 posted on 07/14/2015 7:26:13 AM PDT by kidd
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To: kidd
God’s universe is immense. I am in awe.

Amen

62 posted on 07/14/2015 8:51:48 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: kidd
God’s universe is immense.

Considering we have no information to the contrary, the Universe is infinite. We can no more 'understand' infinite than we can grasp the 'distance' between our solar system and the nearest star. The scale is so large , it is beyond our 'experience'.

69 posted on 07/15/2015 3:55:12 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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