Rest now sweet explorers. You've given us more knowledge than we asked for and inspired untold numbers. Even in your final dreams you give us beautiful gifts and prove to the universe that we exist.
When was the launch date? It's been out there for almost my whole
life. Maybe it will turn up in the 23rd century in female form with a
shaved head and calling herself Vega.
...or suffer a more pedestrian fate of getting vaporized by bored Klingons.