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Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening (spacedaily.com)
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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing in Star Wars is scientifically possible or ever will be.

[–] RicoBerto@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Star wars is barely science fiction. It's basically fantasy with a bit of tech.

[–] Steve 1 points 12 hours ago

It's absolutely fantasy. No debate. So is Star Trek.

Actual science fiction is like the recent Hail Mary. Everything is based on liter real science, with maybe one "what if" kind of stretch.