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Ready for a real star trek
Los Angeles Times ^
| 8 September 2012
| Eryn Brown
Posted on 09/08/2012 1:00:03 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
"35 years after its launch, Voyager 1 is poised to 'leave' the bubble of the solar system and sail into the mystery of interstellar space"
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: evolution; science; space; universe; voyager
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We're still getting data from both Voyager I and II, and each craft carries a message "... to instruct alien civilizations ... about humans and our lives on Earth."
To: OldNavyVet
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:03:39 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: OldNavyVet
"35 years after its launch, Voyager 1 is poised to 'leave' the bubble of the solar system and sail into the mystery of interstellar space"
Well, not exactly but what do you expect from Journalists?
Voyager is just a bit beyond the closest orbit of Sedna.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:04:44 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
How far out is it, expressed in light hours? Go easy. I'm just a cook.
/johnny
To: cripplecreek
In what ways does what you posted contradict what’s in the article?
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Because it's still inside the orbit of bodies orbiting Sol?
It's also not quite through the heliosphere shockwave, I understand. Facinating data coming in about that.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
I don't know how far it is in light hours but for reference the new horizons space craft is about 3 hours and 17 light minutes from the sun.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:14:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
In 200 years it will be on display at the Smithsonian
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:16:47 PM PDT
by
reefdiver
(zer0 One and Done)
To: cripplecreek
That's the order of magnitude I was looking for. Good enough for a cook, anyway. Space is vast, empty, and deep.
Sounds like a good place to set up a black-market business. ;)
/johnny
To: reefdiver
In 200 years it will be on display at the Smithsonian YOU go get it. ;)
/johnny
To: reefdiver
In 200 years it will be on display at the Smithsonian
I hope so. Our propulsion capabilities are getting better all the time.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:21:23 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: OldNavyVet
...only to be blown to bits by a Klingon Bird of Prey.
To: reefdiver
In 200 years it will be on display at the SmithsonianAt the current trajectory, more likely in Beijing.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:25:18 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1328 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: JRandomFreeper
According to
JPL about 16 hours 53 minutes one way.
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posted on
09/08/2012 1:40:10 PM PDT
by
Mycroft Holmes
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To: Mycroft Holmes
If only I had a dark flashlight and some dark energy batteries I could point it at the spacecraft and pull it back here before Monday.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:01:51 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
To: cripplecreek
Our propulsion capabilities are getting better all the time. True, but until we can find better brakes, that type of propulsion would only help in never-stop, one way trips.
So... you could go OUTRUN our space probe, but grabbing it and coming back.... ? Have you ever tried a hard left turn at light speed ?
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:16:03 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Space is vast, empty, and deep.Merely a matter of scale, and especially point of view. For instance, to those at the center of our galaxy, there is hardly any space at all.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:23:05 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
To: UCANSEE2
True, but until we can find better brakes, that type of propulsion would only help in never-stop, one way trips.
This is true. The Project Deadelus proposals were all for flybys of Alpha Centauri or Barnard's star due to the speed which was expected to be around 12% the speed of light.
Something like 50 years getting there with a few months taking readings and launching probes as the main craft passed through.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:24:16 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: UCANSEE2
Could a human survive aboard a spacecraft moving near light speed? Wouldn't the G-forces of acceleration be crushing?
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:24:38 PM PDT
by
stillonaroll
(Nominate a non-RINO in 2012!...uh, too late, never mind.)
To: stillonaroll
It’s the acceleration that is the problem. If you accelerate gradually, no problem.
Think about traveling 60 mph in your car. Once you’re traveling at a constant speed of 60 mph, you don’t really feel anything. But if you go from a dead stop to 60 in a very short time, you feel the crushing sensation. If you accelerate slowly, you don’t feel it.
Same for an airplane - even higher speeds.
So theoretically, if you accelerate slowly, you could travel at near light speed with no crushing.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:42:09 PM PDT
by
generally
(Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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