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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:14:41 AM EDT
It's official: NASA says Voyager 1 has left the Solar System, going farther than any human object
WASHINGTON - First they thought it had. Then they weren't sure. Today, scientists agreed that NASA's famous Voyager 1 spacecraft has, indeed, left the Solar System, marking the farthest reach of human beings into the universe. Scientists told reporters at NASA Headquarters today that they even know when Voyager 1 left what is called the heliosphere - the bubble of hot, charged particles surrounding the Solar System. It was on or about Aug. 25, 2012. 
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/09/post_1238.html#incart_river_default |
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:16:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:17:04 AM EDT
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Again?
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:17:34 AM EDT
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It's crazy we can still communicate with that thing.
Wish all the sensors were up and running though. That would be sweet. |
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:18:45 AM EDT
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Waitting for the Kirk unit.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:19:09 AM EDT
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That isn't V'ger.
V'ger was Voyager 6. (and Voyager 6 never existed) |
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:19:26 AM EDT
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Sure took it long enough. ;)
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:19:36 AM EDT
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The Klingons should be very concerned about this.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:19:43 AM EDT
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Kirk-unit?
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:21:03 AM EDT
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and who says all stuff made in China is junk!
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:21:17 AM EDT
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So long little buddy.
Safe trip.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:21:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
That isn't V'ger. V'ger was Voyager 6. (and Voyager 6 never existed) 
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:26:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryShe's dead Jim.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:33:58 AM EDT
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While interesting and all, I'd only get excited if it suddenly started getting closer, or someone started playing that record back at us.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:36:10 AM EDT
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While interesting and all, I'd only get excited if it suddenly started getting closer, or someone started playing that record back at us. This is the first time anything has exited the solar system. They's so much cool science going on right now with these historic probes, I could drown a toddler in it... or something!
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:39:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So long little buddy. Safe trip.  |
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:53:31 AM EDT
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Congrats! It's now about 1/200,000ths of the way to the nearest star!
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Posted: 9/12/2013 10:58:26 AM EDT
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That isn't V'ger. V'ger was Voyager 6. (and Voyager 6 never existed) Details, details. This Voyager is as good as any to be converted into an interstellar, all-powerful god-machine. |
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Posted: 9/12/2013 11:00:51 AM EDT
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This is the first time anything has exited the solar system. They's so much cool science going on right now with these historic probes, I could drown a toddler in it... or something! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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While interesting and all, I'd only get excited if it suddenly started getting closer, or someone started playing that record back at us. This is the first time anything has exited the solar system. They's so much cool science going on right now with these historic probes, I could drown a toddler in it... or something! This! Exciting stuff. I just wish we still had a space program. 
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Posted: 9/12/2013 11:06:07 AM EDT
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This! Exciting stuff. I just wish we still had a space program. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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While interesting and all, I'd only get excited if it suddenly started getting closer, or someone started playing that record back at us. This is the first time anything has exited the solar system. They's so much cool science going on right now with these historic probes, I could drown a toddler in it... or something! This! Exciting stuff. I just wish we still had a space program. Me too. Remember when America used to DO stuff? We explored, we discovered. We were once a proud and important nation. |
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