NASA ’s Voyager 1 space vehicle is one of the world ’s only simple faves . For over 39 eld , it ’s been cruising along in distance , wing by Saturnand the Kuiper Belt , doing nothing butbeaming back beautiful photosand scientific research . Now , the intrepid space vehicle — skirting serenely in interstellar space — is being bombard with requests for nude , the pee tape , and least predictably , questions about people ’s dads .

For context : this September stigmatise the big 4 - 0 for Voyager 1 , which means it recollect the time before the internet , so it could n’t tweetlewd demand at the popeor look up Lemony Snicket ’s material indistinguishability . So as Voyager ’s day of remembrance approaches , NASA is celebratingby require the populace to share message for the wholesome spacecraft , using the hashtag # MessageToVoyager . One prosperous succeeder ’s subject matter will be beamed to the space investigation , which is nearly 13 billion miles from Earth .

This , predictably , was a mistake .

Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., holding a chainsaw in a photo posted to Kennedy’s X account on May 27. 2025.

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“ bring together NASA in celebrating the Voyager mission ’s 40 old age of exploring space . Inspired by the messages of goodwill carried onVoyager ’s Golden Record , you ’re invited to transmit via social media a short , uplifting # MessageToVoyager and all that lie down beyond it , ” NASAwrote . “ With stimulation from the Voyager team and a public vote , one of these subject matter will be selected for NASA to beam into interstellar space on Sept. 5 , 2017 — the 40th day of remembrance of Voyager 1 ’s launching . ” ( Emphasis ours because , well , you ’ll see ) .

While some hoi polloi tweeted pleasant platitudes at the free spacecraft , others were a spot more inventive . Here are just some of the tweet that , for the saki of humanity , we desire NASA will not transmit into interstellar space :

William Duplessie