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Dec 14^th, 2010 at 8:42am

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When Voyager 1 was launched... now 33 years later she is nearing the edge of the Solar System.
And unlike many more youthful space exploration devices she is still working Cool

Hooray for an AMAZING feat of engineering....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988466

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Reply #1 - Dec 25^th, 2010 at 5:09pm

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It's amazing that they are still running. Shocked

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Reply #2 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 3:13pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Dec 14^th, 2010 at 8:42am:

When Voyager 1 was launched... Now 33 years later, she is nearing the edge of the Solar System.
And unlike many more youthful space exploration devices she is still working Cool

Hooray for an AMAZING feat of engineering....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988466

I thought one went beyond Pluto several years ago--like in the late 90s. Maybe I have not been paying attention...

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Reply #3 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 3:15pm

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Sir Puma wrote on Dec 25^th, 2010 at 5:09pm:

It's amazing that they are still running.

The Hubble was only intended to work for about five years. It's been fixed time and time again. And thankfully so. Those pictures from the Deep Field are amazing...

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Reply #4 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 5:25pm

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hhomebrewer wrote on Jan 9^th, 2011 at 3:13pm:

I thought one went beyond Pluto several years ago--like in the late 90s. Maybe I have not been paying attention...

I was told a long time ago that I was further out in space than Pluto -- I haven't seen either of them pass by me yet...

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Reply #5 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 6:35pm

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Sir Puma wrote on Dec 25^th, 2010 at 5:09pm:

It's amazing that they are still running. Shocked

relativism ,Its being static from the voyager's point of view its the solar system who's moving, and vice versa from our point of view (It need it couple push to brake sun's gravity ,"propulsion")

the only thing that moves towards everything is the speed of the light ,its a constant

H wrote on Jan 10^th, 2011 at 5:25pm:

hhomebrewer wrote on Jan 9^th, 2011 at 3:13pm:

I thought one went beyond Pluto several years ago--like in the late 90s. Maybe I have not been paying attention...

I was told a long time ago that I was further out in space than Pluto -- I haven't seen either of them pass by me yet...

As far as I know I though that too Huh

, we still pick the beacon radio signal so it hasn't collide to any of the Trillions pieces of ices that remain static beyond border of the solar system.... Yet..

Grin

maybe we will have to wait 100 years to then they will come back with the name Vger ,flying a huge space ship and become like a child ..that was the stry of the first star trek movie what a piece of waste ,the worse star trek movie ever made Grin

ozzy72 wrote on Dec 14^th, 2010 at 8:42am:

When Voyager 1 was launched... now 33 years later she is nearing the edge of the Solar System.

You're older than I though , I was using baby dippers Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 7:08pm

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Alex, it isn't the years, tis the mileage! And this body ain't passin' the next MOT Grin

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Reply #7 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 4:40pm

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alrot wrote on Jan 10^th, 2011 at 6:35pm:

maybe we will have to wait 100 years to when they will come back with the name V_ger, flying a huge space ship and become like a child ..that was the stry of the first star trek movie what a piece of waste, the worst star trek movie ever made.

I watched it a couple weeks ago... one of those old VHS tapes we mentioned.

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Reply #8 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 6:24pm

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H wrote on Jan 10^th, 2011 at 5:25pm:

hhomebrewer wrote on Jan 9^th, 2011 at 3:13pm:

I thought one went beyond Pluto several years ago--like in the late 90s. Maybe I have not been paying attention...

I was told a long time ago that I was further out in space than Pluto -- I haven't seen either of them pass by me yet...

That's because you are in another universe. Roll Eyes

We still like you though.

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Reply #9 - Jan 14^th, 2011 at 4:27pm

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patchz wrote on Jan 11^th, 2011 at 6:24pm:

H wrote on Jan 10^th, 2011 at 5:25pm:

I was told a long time ago that I was further out in space than Pluto -- I haven't seen either of them pass by me yet...[/color]

That's because you are in another universe.

Um, at this point in time, I could surely wish!

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