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- lithera, on 07/15/2008, -0/+96Whenever I am depressed about the state of our society and mankind in general stories like these cheer me up.
Excellent proof of how smart, determined, and positive we also can be. The distance it has traveled in those 30 years, the data it has collected, what we have learned, simply mind boggling. - SkateorDie, on 07/16/2008, -0/+54and to think, thats only 30 years of traveling at 17 and a half kilometers per second. Just think of the speeds and time necessary to travel to Proxima Centauri, our closest star. 4.2 light years... oh man our existence in this universe is nothing compared to the size of the realm we are inhabiting,
- rac1234, on 07/16/2008, -0/+40"Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 crossed the termination shock 10 billion miles apart."
Amazing what humans can do. Shame we don't do it more often. - santaliqueur, on 07/16/2008, -2/+34Sort of puts these silly religious wars into perspective.
- DeskFlyer, on 07/16/2008, -1/+30Probably pretty cold. :)
- takeo1775, on 07/16/2008, -1/+29I wonder what it would be like to be that far away from all the ***** in this world
- saxmaster, on 07/15/2008, -0/+23It's a good thing the mission wasn't canceled back in 2005. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/voyager1-05a.html
- kazamx, on 07/16/2008, -2/+21Yea, it kinda explains why god did such a half assed job on everything. religious types have this crazy idea he gives a ***** about us, GUYS look at the size of the universe, he doesn't give a *****.
Were a single dot in the universe, you think he could care less when you pray for your football team to win. - Renian, on 07/16/2008, -0/+17The first Voyager, however, is still missing in the Delta Quadrant.
- zcreem, on 07/16/2008, -0/+14Science Friction?
- killerofkiller, on 07/16/2008, -0/+13Whenever i'm depressed i watch this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot
It makes me realize that anything that im depressed about is actually nothing in comparison to the universe. - zixx, on 07/16/2008, -0/+13According to NASA as of May 9th it takes 29 hours 14 minutes and 16 seconds to send a signal and get a reply from Voyager 1 for Voyager 2 it's 23 hours 40 minutes and 42 seconds
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/weekly-reports ... - wonderbriefs, on 07/16/2008, -0/+131. You think that somehow some findings about the physical makeup of the edge of the solar system could somehow start a colonization process. In other words: The sea floor is not quite as cold as we thought so let's go to Africa?
2. Why are you planning on millions dying as an integral part of a hypothetical colonization scenario that has no relation to the story?
3. Why insist on calling the Moon "Luna" when you're a dude from Portland?
4. If this is your idea of humor then please refrain, practice at home by yourself, and then try again. - ChiffX, on 07/16/2008, -0/+12How much longer do they expect it to keep reporting data?
- zixx, on 07/16/2008, -0/+11The point at which no instrument on either Voyager can be powered is expected no earlier then 2025 or about 48 years after launch
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/spacecraftl ... - randomerratum, on 07/16/2008, -0/+9I saw how this one ends; it comes back as a supercomputer named "v-ger" to collect data and then report it's findings to us. It will totally blow all of our minds.
- Loonacy, on 07/16/2008, -0/+9Friction.
- iDiggIt42, on 07/16/2008, -2/+11Extremely lonely.
(Something some of us might know about...) - mattomondo, on 07/16/2008, -1/+10(sigh) if only....
- aramova, on 07/16/2008, -0/+9Our long-term propulsion technology has not improved all that much for probes. We'd still get it moving at a given speed, and let it use small thrusters to fix it's trajectory.
17km/s is moving pretty damn fast, and I can assure you that's from some cleaver slingshots around planets/moons to get it moving that fast. - 5plic3r, on 07/16/2008, -0/+9Dugg for quoting a guy named Decker in an article about a Voyager probe.
- unixbomber, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8It's amazing to comprehend just how far they've really gone....
- zcreem, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8After 30 years we are finally leavning our solar system, the scale of things truly boggles the mind.
- DforSpiD, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8http://youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY
Hope that makes you feel better - mattomondo, on 07/16/2008, -0/+7I'd settle for warp or even impulse
- kazamx, on 07/16/2008, -0/+7Wouldn't an Ion drive running for 30 years have pushed the speed up quite a lot more by now?
- killerofkiller, on 07/16/2008, -0/+5http://youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
we are insignificant - EntropyFan, on 07/16/2008, -0/+5it is even more amazing to try and comprehend just how short a distance that is.
- austang, on 07/16/2008, -0/+5 /wrists
- santaliqueur, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4We do it all the time, but we focus on the little *****. Humans have the capability of some pretty amazing things.
- CaptainScarlet, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4It just shows you that "Geniuses" of the world are not always correct about the universe, past or present...
Theories are just that....Theories... - piisexactly3, on 07/16/2008, -3/+7No Janeway, no tuvok, no seven of nine or doctor? no digg.
I'm just kidding of course but still. - krolm, on 07/16/2008, -1/+5this ***** is captivating!
- kazamx, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4Is that you Wall-E?
- BaudiIROCZ, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3Yeah because unraveling the mysteries of the universe isn't "important."
If we're going to spend more money on feeding people and fixing schools why not use the money we spend on weapons to kill eachother instead of technology to explore? - griz, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3But would I get internet access?
- EvilGunOwner, on 07/16/2008, -1/+4The Doctor? You ignoramus! His name is Joe!
- BradleyNowell1, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3I'm ok, a little confused, kinda sweaty, a little hungry, but all in all I'm ok.
- s2ao, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3I want to pay tax, but I want my taxes to go to science and space exploration, not corrupt defence contractors and wars.
- Chirp08, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3At least in space you would have an excuse for being so lonely
- diggydougie, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3OK, you don't like spending your money on space. I don't like feeding strangers, or funding the scholastic bureaucracy. Private schools are far more efficient, and do not take money from single people to do it. How about not using tax money for any of these purposes? I'd rather keep my money to use as I see fit.
- MacEnvy, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3They should have let Enterprise go another 3 seasons. It was just starting to get good in Seasons 3 and 4. It always takes a new Trek series a couple years to get it right, and they killed it just as it was coming into its own.
Damn UPN. Everyone knows that a good ST series requires 7 seasons before you can end it. - MacEnvy, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3Yeah, an ion drive even at today's level of development would overtake it in just a few years. We just need to get a power source that can provide enough electricity for a long enough time - those old nuclear-thermal deals won't cut it.
Let's give 'em a fission reactor and several hundred kilograms of propellant and see what they can do. To Proxima Centauri! - TheDeepFriar, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3feared???
I've been hoping for a new one since Enterprise ended! - snoop396, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3its not missing, it came back with the borg... duh
- CedEx, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2Are we there YET?!
- sockpuppets, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2If that was true there would be women in my couch cushions and $100 bills in between my toes.
- 120decibel, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2Impulse... guess what every "normal" rocket ist propelled by?
- theguesser10, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2And those big... nicely shaped... supple.... solar panels....
- diggydougie, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2Why does the solar wind slow down? I thought that it was at the speed of light forever.
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