As it heads out of the solar system never to return, the deep space probe Voyager 1 is headed for yet another cosmic milestone. In late 2026, it will become the first spacecraft to travel so far that a radio signal from Earth takes 24 hours, or one light day, to reach it.
Great. Only 1459 more lightdays to go to reach the next star.
So that would be a 70,000 year transfer, but if something meant to go fast like Project Daedalus actually happened in the late 70s, it would be sneaking up on Bernard’s Star right about now.
Getting close!