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u/16807 · 110 pointsr/space

Voyager is nuclear, so no

EDIT: oh fine

Solar power isn't practical for use in the outer solar system. This is why Voyager was designed to use nuclear power, which places a hard constraint on its life at the expense of being able to operate longer in a time span we can appreciate. There are other reasons, of course - it's not automated to my understanding, its antenna is doubtlessly far too small to operate at those distances, and the time it would require for us to send instructions may be too long for us to bother doing it, barring all other impossibilities.

That being said, I find it rather profound Voyager would last long enough that it is possible to visit a star system, if only out of sheer probability. This book talks about it a bit, it's not my thought. It's an interstellar vacuum - there is nothing stopping this thing from enduring for millions or even billions of years. The pyramids will be buried, Mt. Rushmore will erode, continents will subduct our last earthly remnants, and random collisions may destroy our interplanetary artifacts. The sun itself will explode, possibly destroying the earth with it. All while this is going on, Voyager is just minding its own business. It (beside other interstellar probes) would be the longest lasting human artifact of all time.

u/hearforthepuns · 6 pointsr/science

The World Without Us may interest you.

u/jeffAA · 5 pointsr/AskReddit

Here's a good read on the subject.

The World Without Us
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0312347294/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/191-5865283-2629253

u/MagicArtist · 5 pointsr/pics

Here's an article speculating about what might happen if all of humanity suddenly disappeared. It's a little old now and it focuses mainly on New York City, but it's still a pretty interesting read.

Edit: After doing a little more digging, it turns out the guy who wrote that article (Alan Weisman) also wrote a book (The World Without Us) on the same subject.

A Duet of Edits: Someone else mentioned Life After People above, but I turned up another documentary called AFTERMATH : Population Zero that's supposed to be similar in nature. It's a 90 minute video, so you may want to pass on starting it if you don't have a nice block of time.

u/myconundrum · 2 pointsr/askscience

There is actually a book (and a television series) about this...it goes into deep detail on exactly your question... Below is the amazon link. Its a good read.

book!

u/DrWallyHayes · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

I don't recall if it answers your exact question, but this book does a great job of discussing what would happen to human constructions and the Earth in general if humans suddenly disappeared.

u/drunkbynoon · 1 pointr/books

A little off-topic, since this one doesn't speculate on society (its premise is that humanity has suddenly disappeared), but it still gives a good idea of what the world would look like should a catastrophic event wipe out civilization:

The World Without Us

u/serenne · 1 pointr/AskReddit

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman painted a pretty interesting picture of what would happen if humanity were to disappear. Our longest lasting achievements were pretty much all the nuclear accidents that would occur without us to maintain them- many things will last a very long time (like bridges), but nature quickly envelopes them all.

u/Legal_Disclaimer · 1 pointr/dayz

Realistically yes.

I read an awesome book which talks about this, though it's covers the broader hypothetical of what would happen if all humans disappeared from the planet tomorrow.

The World Without Us.

u/willies_hat · 0 pointsr/AskReddit