NASA's Voyager At Solar System's Edge... (Video & Pics)

12 years ago

I always wondered how VGer could amass so much information it could become self aware, but it couldn't dust itself off and find out it's name was really Voyager.:confused:

(send the code Spock... now would be a good time)

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tagiscom

12 years ago

Cool, interesting thing is that the Pluto probe, now only about 3.5 years more or less from that planetary system, even though it is atomic powered like Voyager, will run out of power in about 5 to 10 years after passing Pluto, or about 13 years of power left.

And it apparently has about 40% of its fuel left, for changing trajectory for a couple of cyper belt objects which it could reach within a few years after Pluto encounter.

Obviously since Voyager is a lot more basic it used less power!

New Horizons Web Site

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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by tagiscom

Cool, interesting thing is that the Pluto probe, now only about 3.5 years more or less from that planetary system, even though it is atomic powered like Voyager, will run out of power in about 5 to 10 years after passing Pluto, or about 13 years of power left.

And it apparently has about 40% of its fuel left, for changing trajectory for a couple of cyper belt objects which it could reach within a few years after Pluto encounter.

Obviously since Voyager is a lot more basic it used less power!

New Horizons Web Site

Shane

OK. That does it!
Voyager can go 11 billion miles on a little more than 1/2 a tank!
Hell fire! It takes me a full tank to go from here to Cleveland!

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lcombs

12 years ago

VGER was rebuilt by a race of living machines. By the time Voyager reached them, "V GER was all that could be read.
Apparently, a "wash-n-wax" wasn't included in the upgrades.:rolleyes:

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lcombs

12 years ago

We can get pictures from the edge of the solar system but, my cell phone won't work in Walmart!!!???:confused:

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Karson

12 years ago

lol sry about your cell phone lcombs.

I went and watched the video on the site. Pretty interesting stuff!

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TLTheLiberator

12 years ago

It’s hard to overstate the milestone:

At some point in the near future — it could be days or months, possibly, but not likely even a few years —

... Voyager is expected to break away from the bubble of particles emitted by the Sun encasing our solar system and enter the totally new, completely unexplored region of interstellar space,

...the black void separating us from the other star systems in our Milky Way Galaxy.

Just in case, the plucky little spacecraft carries a plaque and a golden record telling some of our terrestrial story.

It includes over 100 beautiful images and related sounds, like surf, wind, and thunder, the songs of birds and whales, musical selections from different cultures and eras, and greetings in 59 human languages.

Details on the contents of the Voyager...

Contents of the Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Kurt

12 years ago

Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator

NASA’s unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched way back in 1977, ...

...has become the first vessel in history to reach the edge of our solar system, NASA announced in mid-June.

story here...

Voyager 1 Reaches Edge Of Solar System In ‘Crowning Achievement,’ Project Chief Says | TPM Idea Lab

This is truly one of mankind's greatest achievements. It's the kind of thing that should inspire awe in all of us and encourage the "next generation" to go even further and challenge what's possible.

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glowworm

Banned 12 years ago

What next? It's a shame we mere mortals cant live several hundred years instead of the proverbial three score years and ten. Still, maybe we'll be watching future developments from some cloud on high :rolleyes:

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tagiscom

12 years ago

What next? It's a shame we mere mortals cant live several hundred years instead of the proverbial three score years and ten. Still, maybe we'll be watching future developments from some cloud on high

06-26-2012 05:22 PM

Maybe the Event Horizon Telescope global project, which hopes to catch the first ever image of the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy!

Check it out, can't wait for this one...

New Telescope to Take First-Ever Black Hole Photo | Black Holes & Event Horizon Telescope | Einstein & Theory of General Relativity | Space.com