Re: 11 most influential microprocessors of all time

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Sep 3, 12:48 am, winstonsmith <winston19842...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Voyager 1, which carries three 1802 processors, is currently 10.2
> billion miles from Earth, making it the most distant man-made object.
> It left our solar system long ago and is hurtling toward interstellar
> space, where it may someday catch the eye of an extraterrestrial
> civilization."
>
> I thought this designation of "most distant man-made object" would
> apply to Pioneer 10, launched in 1972?
Surely no one doubts the veracity of Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10
"February 17, 1998 Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant
man-made object from the Sun, at 69.419 AU. Voyager 1 is moving away
from the Sun over 1 AU per year faster than Pioneer 10."