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To: WhiskeyX

It’s my understanding that their very first attempt put too much thrust behind the cosmonaut and actually propelled him out of Earth orbit. It’s entirely possible that a dead cosmonaut may be farther outside our solar system than Voyager is.


7 posted on 12/06/2014 7:24:47 PM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: hoagy62

That was called “partial credit” in engineering classes...


10 posted on 12/06/2014 9:09:26 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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