Executive Orders are controversial because they allow the President to make major decisions, even law, without the consent of Congress. This, of course, runs against the general logic of the Constitution -- that no one should have power to act unilaterally.
Voyager 1 has since become the fastest and most distant man-made object in the Universe, travelling at around 61,500km/h at a distance of 17.6 billion km from the Earth. Perhaps most incredible of all, NASA is still in communication with it, despite radio signals taking 16 hours to reach it. Image Â© NASA.
Voyager 1 has gone where no spacecraft has ever gone before, rocketing through space at 37,000 miles an hour. But now the spacecraft is so far away from Earth it takes 17 hours to phone home.oyager 1 has gone where no spacecraft has ever gone before, rocketing through space at 37,000 miles an hour. But now the spacecraft is so far away from Earth it takes 17 hours to phone home.