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didacusc | 3 months ago

No chance of it ever being hit by anything?

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nomel|3 months ago

> It's expected never to encounter any other object in all eternity.

This is read as "near zero" rather than "no chance". "Expected" is a word of uncertainty.

I think the rough napkin math would be: take the volume that the probe will sweep through and multiply it by the volume of matter in the universe/volume of the universe.

antod|3 months ago

So a virtual impossiblity? That's a finite improbability rather than an infinite improbability. I think I need a fresh cup of really hot tea.

nemo44x|3 months ago

Space is well named.

hdgvhicv|3 months ago

You think it’s a long way down to the shops, but that’s peanuts compared to space.