The Voyager I and II spacecraft visited the Jovian planets in the 1980s. When will they reach the distances of the nearest stars?
A)hundreds of thousands of years from now
B)thousands of years from now
C)in our lifetime
D)in our grandchildren's lifetime
E)in our children's lifetime

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Even though Voyager I and II are traveling at a remarkable speed of over 35,000 miles per hour, they are still less than 0.002 light-years away from our sun. The nearest star to us, Proxima Centauri, is over 4 light-years away. At their current speed, it would take the Voyager spacecraft hundreds of thousands of years to reach the nearest star.

The Voyager I and II Spacecraft Visited the Jovian Planets