that they (we) chucked that thing 120 AUs away and it still ticks and phones home exceeds any superlative i can cook up.
It left the pad before the IBM PC, the Mac, and cellular (well mostly, I invested in McCaw cellular way back when). The Shah ruled Iran, Ronald Wilson Reagan was revving up to run for the Whitehouse.
If I am not mistaken it would take 16 hours to get there at the speed of light,