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Voyager 2 spacecraft enters interstellar space
ScienceNews.org ^
| December 10, 2018
| Lisa Grossman
Posted on 12/10/2018 10:27:35 AM PST by ETL
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OVER AND OUT: The Voyager 2 spacecraft has crossed into interstellar space, six years after its twin probe, Voyager 1. The two spacecraft are providing an unprecedented look at the edge
of the suns influence (lighter blue bubble in this illustration).
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12/10/2018 10:27:35 AM PST
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ETL
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12/10/2018 10:27:50 AM PST
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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12/10/2018 10:28:24 AM PST
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
Veejure. “Must sterilize.”
To: ETL
Sometimes these guys make the coolest stuff.
To: SunkenCiv
To: ETL
Why would Voyager 2 launch before Voyager 1?
To: cuban leaf
Was wondering how many posts before this came up, LOL. Obviously lot’s of FR Trekkies..
To: ETL
Absolutely amazing; and all in my lifetime. Voyager gave us our first good look at the distant planets and now the Universe beyond the Heliosphere. I wonder if those who designed and built her dared dream it would last this long?
To: ETL
Great stuff. Thanks for the post.
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12/10/2018 10:37:28 AM PST
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Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: ETL
It’s racking up some Frequent Flyer miles!..............
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12/10/2018 10:38:36 AM PST
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: neverevergiveup
Worst Star Trek movie ever. I owned it on Beta. Cost my $105 new.
The TV episode was one of the best, though.
To: neverevergiveup
Either that or just fans of Lt. Saavik
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12/10/2018 10:39:44 AM PST
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Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: ETL
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12/10/2018 10:43:00 AM PST
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be-baw
(still seeking...)
To: ETL
Interesting graphic. In 41 years, Voyager 2 has only traveled the distance light would travel in about 16.5 hours. The premise of “Star Trek The Motion Picture” (set in 2271) was that Voyager (1) had been traveling into deep space for about three hundred years and was making its return trip. At that rate of travel (appr. 0.4 light hours x year), Voyager would have only traveled about 120 light hours in 300 years, or the distance light can travel in five days. Of course this assumes a constant rate of travel without any forces affecting acceleration/deceleration.
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12/10/2018 10:44:30 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: ETL
They did a hell of a job building her.
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12/10/2018 10:44:39 AM PST
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Crucial
To: Joe 6-pack
So, you're Neil DeGrasse Tyson now? /jk
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12/10/2018 10:46:59 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: Kommodor
I came out of the theater and told my buddy...
“I think I’ve got a thing for women with pointy ears”
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12/10/2018 10:47:24 AM PST
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Zathras
To: cuban leaf
“Worst Star Trek movie ever.”
Oh, I don’t know - it’s got some pretty stiff competition from Star Trek 5. That was so bad I never rented it on video after seeing it in the theater.
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12/10/2018 10:47:35 AM PST
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mkleesma
(`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
To: Hot Tabasco
Think the names had to do with their routes out of solar
System
2 had a longer path than 1and would eventually fall behind
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12/10/2018 10:48:08 AM PST
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tm61
(Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
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