crankymessiah wrote:

] ] What was apparently the spacecraft's last signal was
] ] received January 22 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
] ] Deep Space Network. At the time, Pioneer 10 was 7.6
] ] billion miles from Earth; the signal, traveling at the
] ] speed of light, took 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive.

The most signifigant LOS in history, if you look at the long view. One day, we will travel further than this and still be gathering data... Plus, it's a good lesson in relativity - Ask yourself how hold you will be in 31 years, and then consider the times and distances listed above...

RE: CNN.com - Pioneer 10 falls silent after nearly 31 years - Feb. 25, 2003