After twelve years and more than seven billion kilometres, Voyager 2 arrived at Neptune within 100 kilometres of where it had been aimed — a margin NASA compares to sinking a golf putt 3,630 kilometres long
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Voyager 2 reached Neptune after twelve years and a journey of more than seven billion kilometers, arriving within 100 kilometers of its planned target. NASA likened the accuracy to sinking a golf putt 3,630 kilometers long.
The feat of aiming a spacecraft across seven billion kilometers and landing within a hundred kilometers—a margin so precise it defies intuition—reveals the extraordinary engineering that sent humanity's ambassadors to the outer planets. The post After twelve years and more than seven billion kilometres, Voyager 2 arrived at Neptune within 100 kilometres of where it had been aimed — a margin NASA compares to sinking a golf putt 3,630 kilometres long appeared first on Space Daily .
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