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Voyager getting close getting out
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Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59 |
Thanks Pasi It's hard to believe that 33 years have past since humanity sent Voyager 1 on this great adventure. These are very interesting articles. I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Simply amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. |
Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0 |
For voyager to get into another stars influence will take it 73000 years. It is about 6 astromnomical units out from the sun. It is still being inflrnced by the suns heliosheath. Still active after all these years. I only wonder how long it takes a signal to reach it. It is very close to be in interstellar space soon. There is some strange occurances like its path has changed abour 2000 miles from where it should be. Something else is affecting the spacecraft tragetory. Space is so vast it is mind numbing. |
Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0 |
I only wonder how long it takes a signal to reach it. It is very close to be in interstellar space soon Voyager 1's signal rt time is approahing 32 hrs, Voyager 2's rt time is nearly 26 hrs. The details from JPL are here: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/weekly-reports/index.htm Martin |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
4 years to go into interstellar space. Cool. |
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