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Light goes out on solar mission

news.bbc.co.uk — After more than 18 years studying the Sun, the plug is finally being pulled on the ailing spacecraft Ulysses.

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  • christoast, on 06/28/2009, -2/+15Goodnight Sweet Prince
  • Myztry, on 06/28/2009, -0/+10Slingshot it towards another galaxy so another life form can discover the craft in a million years, trace it's path back to Earth and examine our remains in the same curious fashion we examine dinosaur remains.
  • johnwes16, on 06/28/2009, -0/+8I hope some NASA programmer had the humor to include some like "Please don't leave me alone out here... it's cold and dark :(" upon receiving that last command.
  • handheldchimp, on 06/28/2009, -1/+9Im predicting a wave of even ***** comments...
  • YouAreDead, on 06/28/2009, -10/+17***** the mpaa
  • philz, on 06/28/2009, -0/+6"Oh great - more pollution in space"
    "don't worry, future cockroaches are going to put into a museum" (read on ./)
  • Mtbeaver, on 06/28/2009, -0/+5ok fine. one quick thrust to slow it down so it gets drawn towards the sun.
  • CanadianRealist, on 06/28/2009, -1/+6"the plug is finally being pulled on the ailing spacecraft Ulysses"

    NASA must have one hell of a long extension cord.
  • handheldchimp, on 06/28/2009, -1/+4This is relevant to my internets.
  • Mtbeaver, on 06/28/2009, -0/+3one more quick thrust to send it towards the sun?
  • inactive, on 06/28/2009, -0/+2main transmitter no longer works and its back-up systems are also beginning to fail.
  • SirBruce, on 06/28/2009, -0/+2That will most likely just result in a smaller orbit. To crash into the sun would require it to almost completely null its orbital velocity and few spacecraft have that much fuel.
  • Shaggy3, on 06/28/2009, -0/+2Beautiful mess of words right there.
  • stonebear, on 06/28/2009, -0/+2Unstated is the solar B observatory the Japanese have had in place since 2006.
  • SirBruce, on 06/28/2009, -0/+2ORBITAL MECHANICS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!
  • Mtbeaver, on 06/29/2009, -0/+1you know what?
  • YouAreDead, on 06/28/2009, -1/+2wow what a spam
  • kaosethema, on 06/28/2009, -0/+1thinking ahead...
  • zer0mass, on 06/28/2009, -1/+2I'm always sad when this happens. I'm pretty sure when Spirit and Opportunity go off line I will be calling out that day.
  • DredPir8Robrts, on 06/29/2009, -0/+1Oh man I thought for a second they were gonna say the sun was going out and I was like "*****! I've got like, 8 minutes to make my peace".
  • glowfood, on 06/28/2009, -0/+1Needs more cowbell
  • martoq, on 06/28/2009, -1/+2That's ok. There's no need to study the sun any longer, we are all going to be dead in 2012 anyways.
  • evilregis, on 06/28/2009, -0/+1That's what Killface would do.
  • fuzzybeard, on 06/28/2009, -0/+1Indeed. Props to the contractor for having mad build skillz!
  • Nudar, on 06/29/2009, -1/+1I THOUGHT TODAY WAS ALL CAPS DAY.
  • disappointed, on 06/28/2009, -2/+2Ulysses, Ulysses, soaring through all the galaxies, in search of Earth, flying in to the night.
    Ulysses, Ulysses, fighting evil and tyranny, with all his power, and with all of his might.

    Ulysses, no-one else can do the things you do. Ulysses, like a bolt of thunder from the blue.
    Ulysses, always fighting all the evil forces bringing peace and justice to all.
  • inactive, on 06/28/2009, -10/+9***** THE RIAA!!!
  • inactive, on 06/28/2009, -2/+1these comments are amazing!
  • yocouchdigga, on 06/28/2009, -5/+3now how are we going to be unprepared for coronal mass ejections!?

    oh, wait...

    D:
  • airchomper, on 06/28/2009, -7/+5And Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
  • christoast, on 06/28/2009, -4/+1***** * check list
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  • yocouchdigga, on 06/28/2009, -4/+1I liked it.

    I think this article's a bit more fitting for a Sunshine reference: http://digg.com/space/What_s_Wrong_With_Our_Sun

    see comment 7.
  • esentman, on 06/28/2009, -5/+2As much as I'd like to digg you up, you should have written...

    "and yes I said yes I will Yes." The capitalization is key. But since you made the reference I won't dig you down either. James Joyce FTW.
  • barryiggins, on 06/28/2009, -5/+1We aren't ***** robots, Gerty!
  • fightingforair, on 06/28/2009, -6/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBoDT2y48dg&fea ...
  • mHtt, on 06/28/2009, -8/+1the 2012 event begins...
  • A5204, on 08/13/2009, -13/+5I immediately thought of that movie Sunshine. What did you diggers think of that movie?

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