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human
If Voyager 1 is travelling at a speed of 38,000mph, and if just a small piece of space debris collides with it, wouldn't the probe break or have a major alteration in its course because of the immense speed?

How do they avoid such collisions with so many space debris flying around? I'm sure even a tiny rock hitting you at a speed of 38,000mph could have significant damage to even the toughest materials found on earth. Could they?
gpt
The interstellar medium has a very low density, ~10^-4 ions/cm^3, this (roughly) equates to 1cm^3 of matter per cube of space, with a side length of 10,000 km. And most of that material will be individual ions.

The chance of hitting anything out there is very remote.