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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2012, 11:57:55 PM »
Oh wow! How could I have missed this???? I have a friend that's a Co-op engineer at NASA.

Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2012, 08:58:36 AM »
Adios! :cool:
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2012, 08:59:16 AM »
Its all good until it decides to come back as V'Ger
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2012, 09:10:07 AM »
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2012, 09:38:58 AM »
Amazing smart "endless"power sources onboard of this space probes ; launced in 1977,and after 35 years most of the instruments onboard are still working powered by plutonium238 isotopes still communicating with Earth.Imagine how many batteries you need for a car for 35 years !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2012, 10:54:16 AM »
Amazing smart "endless"power sources onboard of this space probes ; launced in 1977,and after 35 years most of the instruments onboard are still working powered by plutonium238 isotopes still communicating with Earth.Imagine how many batteries you need for a car for 35 years !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2012, 12:57:19 PM »
Steven Hawking believes it was a mistake to send it with a map showing our solar system, cause of allien invasionne!!

Go ahead, call Steven Hawking stupit.

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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2012, 01:00:13 PM »
Its all good until it decides to come back as V'Ger

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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2012, 02:03:52 PM »

Go ahead, call Steven Hawking stupit.

I'd rather reserve that barb for the person that can't spell Stephan Hawking or even a simple word like "stupid".

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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2012, 02:20:35 PM »
See ya in the future v'ger!

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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2012, 02:26:18 PM »
I'd rather reserve that barb for the person that can't spell Stephan Hawking or even a simple word like "stupid".

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uhhhhh..."Stephen Hawking"

Just saying  :)

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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2012, 03:00:35 PM »
Steven Hawking believes it was a mistake to send it with a map showing our solar system, cause of allien invasionne!!

Go ahead, call Steven Hawking stupit.

His logic is sound.  Smart enough aliens to stumble upon voyager won't need a map to figure out about where it came from.  Now, an alien too stupid/inexperienced to stumble upon Voyager BUT NOT figure out where it came from... to then find a map onboard...  *tin hat - on*.


Cool news, I think it'll be until the next one breaks into the outer reaches (and they can cross-reference data/readings) that this will really start making some buzz.
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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2012, 03:07:45 PM »
I'd rather reserve that barb for the person that can't spell Stephan Hawking or even a simple word like "stupid".

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Re: Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2012, 03:08:41 PM »
uhhhhh..."Stephen Hawking"

Just saying  :)

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