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Aug 20^th, 2011 at 10:31pm

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Thirty-four years after launch, Voyager 2 continues to explore

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On August 20, 1977, the intrepid spacecraft Voyager 2 launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL on what was supposed to be only a four year mission to Jupiter and Saturn. But exactly 34 years later, Voyager 2 has cemented itself into the upper echelons of unmanned space exploration, continuing to beam back data as it searches for the barrier between our solar system and interstellar space.

1977 - Earth

1979 - Jupiter

1981 - Saturn

1986 - Uranus

1989 - Neptune

2007 - Termination shock

2015 - Heliopause, the end of the Solar System

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Reply #1 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 3:43am

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They've said that they are leaving since the 80s Roll Eyes

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Must be lonely in the sky. alone. with no one there to comfort you. Millions of miles away from earth. with only a cd which wont make a sound in space for reasons the star wars crew did not grasp. Push on little voyagers. And after they leave the radio range they are destined to float aimlessly through space Cry

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Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 10:43am

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hyperpep111 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 3:43am:

Must be lonely in the sky. alone. with no one there to comfort you. Millions of miles away from earth. with only a cd which wont make a sound in space for reasons the star wars crew did not grasp.

I wish Star Wars ONLY was like that. ALL the science fictions movies, and TV series, and comics, and Anime, and... and... and... whatever, regularly add effects that have nothing to do with reality, justifying themselves with the need to make things more spectacular... when even one of the most destructive space phenomena, like a supernova, makes NO sound at all. Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 11:00am

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Strategic Retreat wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 10:43am:

hyperpep111 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 3:43am:

Must be lonely in the sky. alone. with no one there to comfort you. Millions of miles away from earth. with only a cd which wont make a sound in space for reasons the star wars crew did not grasp.

I wish Star Wars ONLY was like that. ALL the science fictions movies, and TV series, and comics, and Anime, and... and... and... whatever, regularly add effects that have nothing to do with reality, justifying themselves with the need to make things more spectacular... when even one of the most destructive space phenomena, like a supernova, makes NO sound at all. Roll Eyes

sci-fi will be sci-fi
But I still feel bad for the voyager though Sad

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Reply #4 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 1:26pm

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There is no sound when Dave Bowman blasts into Discovery's airlock.

As soon as the lock fills with air the sound resumes.

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Reply #5 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 2:15pm

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Webb wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 1:26pm:

There is no sound when Dave Bowman blasts into Discovery's airlock.

As soon as the lock fills with air the sound resumes.

YouTube

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The top comment says it all Cool

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Reply #6 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 3:01pm

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I think spacesuits are great.... only you have to chew your own farts. I hate people who feel obliged to share and then think it is funny to try and gas you and then leg it Angry

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Reply #7 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 4:03pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 3:01pm:

I think spacesuits are great.... only you have to chew your own farts. I hate people who feel obliged to share and then think it is funny to try and gas you and then leg it Angry

How did I guess Mark is going to slam into this conversation?
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