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Voyager to Exit Solar System by the end of 2012?

  • 19-06-2011 11:08am
    #1
    Tomk1
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    http://www.space.com/11973-nasa-voyager-spacecraft-leaving-solar-system-2012.html

    Pretty amazing, this almost stone-age spacecraft going into intersellar space, I remember the first images coming in from these craft 1&2, which changed the way we looked at our planetary system, now to be on the verge of leaving our solar system behind, and still working.


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  • #2
    Beeker
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beeker


    Tomk1 wrote: »
    http://www.space.com/11973-nasa-voyager-spacecraft-leaving-solar-system-2012.html

    Pretty amazing, this almost stone-age spacecraft going into intersellar space, I remember the first images coming in from these craft 1&2, which changed the way we looked at our planetary system, now to be on the verge of leaving our solar system behind, and still working.
    The Voyager's were and still are fantastic spacecraft. They launched in 1977 when I was 10 and I still remember the excitement of that time. We were going to the stars:)


  • #3
    seanmc1980
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    it amazes me how these 2 crafts are exiting our solar system, can any tell me what instruments are sending info back at this stage?


  • #4
    Aiel
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    All the info is here
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program.

    Its an amazing piece of engineering although i dont agree that they put Chuck Berry music on it as part of a representation of human music:p.In fact could that be why nobody has made contact with us after listening to the muscial part of the probe???:).


  • #5
    Beeker
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    Interesting video of Carl Sagan talking on ABC news when Voyager 2 reached Saturn in 1981.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-pQ-SkIUA


  • #6
    Ardent
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    Beeker wrote: »
    Interesting video of Carl Sagan talking on ABC news when Voyager 2 reached Saturn in 1981.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-pQ-SkIUA

    What a legend that man was!


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  • #7
    Beeker
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    Ardent wrote: »
    What a legend that man was!

    He is like a god :D Seriously though he had a hugh influnce on me growing up and I am who I am because of it:)


  • #8
    ger vallely
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 766 ✭✭✭ger vallely


    I especially loved the way he made it all so accessible,even for lay folk like myself. He clearly and with passion explains what he knows.I colud listen to him all day.Thanks for sharing that!


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