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
2 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.
3 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: OldNavyVet
...only to be blown to bits by a Klingon Bird of Prey.
To: OldNavyVet
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."
"This is Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. And if you are hearing this, it means I failed -- this time."
24 posted on
09/08/2012 4:28:32 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
(At the end of the day, you have to worship the god who can set you on fire.)
To: OldNavyVet
I think the best bet for extra solar system exploration could be called a “brute force probe”.
Basically an armored ball propelled by a nuclear ion drive, it gets to Jupiter via a conventional rocket booster, then uses Jupiter’s gravity to send it much faster, then finally the ion drive engages, getting it going at very high speed.
Only after it leaves the solar system, does its armor retract, allowing its instruments to work. Its nuclear power allows it to send a strong data signal to Earth.
26 posted on
09/08/2012 6:34:22 PM PDT by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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