Dr. Carl Sagan and his associates were faced with the Herculean task of describing humanity and our planet to beings who had no even basic ideas about us. Their solution was quite ingenious, and hopefully it will pay off one day. Where are they now? After Voyager 2 completed its analysis of Neptune and Voyager 1 took the first photos of the solar system from "outside" the solar system, the Voyager program quickly moved away from public view. With this mission seemingly complete, NASA seemed content to let the Voyagers drift through the stars. And they drifted. Voyager 1 and 2 are among the fastest machines ever created by man. Voyager 1 is currently traveling at around 17 km/s. Voyager 2 moves at a slightly slower speed of around 15 km/s. In February 1998, Voyager 1 surpassed Pioneer 10 to become the most distant man-made object in space. Currently, Voyager 1 is approximately 88 times farther from the Sun than Earth (see