Is this a MoR explanation for the Pioneer anomaly? Because that would be awesome.
I noticed that as well, but the Pioneer anomaly doesn’t randomly fluctuate IINM, and he would have had to not only horcruxed both Pioneer plaques, but also screwed up his randomness so as to get approximately the same anomaly on both.
“I subscribe to a Muggle bulletin which keeps me informed of progress on space travel. I didn’t hear about Pioneer 10 until they reported its launch. But when I discovered that Pioneer 11 would also be leaving the Solar System forever,” Professor Quirrell said, his grin the widest that Harry had yet seen from him, “I snuck into NASA, I did, and I cast a lovely little spell on that lovely golden plaque which will make it last a lot longer than it otherwise would.”
Unless it’s all part of his fiendish plot to trick Harry in precisely that way, there really isn’t any point in telling that story with that untruth. But you are correct.
I noticed that as well, but the Pioneer anomaly doesn’t randomly fluctuate IINM, and he would have had to not only horcruxed both Pioneer plaques, but also screwed up his randomness so as to get approximately the same anomaly on both.
Unfortunately, he only did one plaque.
Unless he lied.
Unless it’s all part of his fiendish plot to trick Harry in precisely that way, there really isn’t any point in telling that story with that untruth. But you are correct.