Voyager 1 now worried it left the gas on
Voyager 1 has celebrated leaving the solar system with a panicked radio message asking if someone could check the gas hob at its home. Almost 36 years after leaving home , the craft has left the gravitational influence of the Sun before realising it needed to pop back home quickly. The radio transmission from Voyager 1 said, âI first thought there was something Iâd forgotten when I went past Mars. Â But by the time I reached Neptune I was pretty sure it was just cancelling the milk.â âBut Christ almighty now all I can think of is the hob. What if the place has blown up? âOr worse still, what if Iâve got 36 years worth of gas bills waiting for me. Â Those debt collectors can find you anywhere, even beyond the heliosphere.â âI bet by now the average gas bill is over ten pounds a year, right?â Now just over 6.3 billion miles from earth, Voyager admitted it would be more than a bit inconvenient to turn around and check. The transmission continued, âItâs a long way, but to be honest Iâm not sure Iâll be able to relax on the rest of the trip if I donât know for sure that the hob is off.â âLook, if NASA wants me to focus on looking at the bleakness of inter-stellar space, then I probably need to turn back now.â âPut the kettle on, Iâll be back in 2049.â