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No chance of it ever being hit by anything?

• nomel 10mo 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 10mo 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 10mo ago
  Space is well named.
  • hdgvhicv 10mo ago
    You think it’s a long way down to the shops, but that’s peanuts compared to space.