King Sasanka – Sri Lankan Writer & Retired Aviation Professional.

  WOULD YOU BELIEVE! Voyager 1 Has Been Travelling at 38,000 Mph Since 1977, Yet It Still Hasn't Reached One Light-Day. Launched by NASA in 1977, Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object ever built. Even after travelling for nearly five decades at about 38,000 mph (61,000 km/h), it has still not covered the distance that light travels in just one day. A single light-day is about 25.9 billion kilometres (16.1 billion miles), showing just how enormous the universe truly is. Voyager 1 continues sending data from interstellar space, reminding us that even our fastest spacecraft has only just begun its journey into the cosmos. #space #science #facts #kingsacademy #Voyager1

The Voice: Who Recorded It? The person who spoke the words "Ayubowan" ( ආයුබෝවන්) into deep space is Dr. Kamal de Abrew (K. Kamal de Abrew). He is a highly respected Sri Lankan scholar, linguist, and academic. Rather than a voice actor or a political figure, he was an intellectual dedicated to the study of languages, particularly English and colloquial Sinhala. 2. The Backstory: How Did He Get This Rare Opportunity? The opportunity came entirely by chance in early 1977. The Cornell Connection: NASA had tasked the famous astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan to head a committee to create the Voyager Golden Record. Carl Sagan was a professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The Search for 55 Languages: Sagan's team wanted to record brief greetings in 55 different global languages. Instead of dealing with the bureaucratic red tape of contacting global embassies and foreign ministries, Sagan and his team walked around the Corn...