8,000,000,000 miles. Well, if I did my sums right, that works out to about 1/3000th of the way to Alpha Centauri, if indeed, it's even going in that direction, which I suspect it isn't. Unless there are some Klingons, Moties, or other li'l green folks roaming around out there, it may be awhile before the critical notices come in.

Yeah, I might have made a few other choices, but in general, within space(!) limitations, the list looks pretty good to me.

Don Firth