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5 NASA spacecraft that are leaving our solar system for good
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| 28 Sep, 2020
| Eric Betz
Posted on 09/30/2020 2:14:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Voyager 2, looking back.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:14:50 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Pioneer 10 flies past Jupiter as the first mission to the giant planet.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:15:20 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
The Pioneer plaque is a gold-anodized aluminum plate with these images engraved onto it.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:16:05 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
The Voyager golden record (left) is a 12-inch gold-plated copper disc. Its covered with aluminum and electroplated with an ultra-pure sample of uranium-238.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:16:36 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
For good? Must be nice...
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:17:27 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
To: MtnClimber
Even THEY have had enough of 2020.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:17:31 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; .30Carbine; 4everontheRight; AFB-XYZ; America_Right; Art in Idaho; ...
Pinging the APOD list to a non-NASA Article because it is a good article.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:17:56 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
“For good” sounds so permanent. OTOH, I would be a little concerned if it turned around and came back.
To: MtnClimber
My dad made parts for some of those during his career at Texas Instruments.
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:22:11 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:22:42 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: Billthedrill
For good sounds so permanent. OTOH, I would be a little concerned if it turned around and came back.
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Sure it can come all the way back, and be powerful, but it will not know exactly how to spell it's own name, or that it's a boring metaphor for female genitalia
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:25:01 PM PDT
by
z3n
To: MtnClimber
It says Uranus was perfectly placed.
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09/30/2020 2:27:57 PM PDT
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Romulus
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:29:56 PM PDT
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rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor)
To: MtnClimber
Makes sense. Carter was President. I'd want to go to another star system too. Even if all that was there was this:
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:30:53 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: Seruzawa; SaveFerris
Hillary Flammond:
My uncle was born in America.
Nick Rivers:
Oh, really?
Hillary Flammond:
But he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency.
Top Secret
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:32:13 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:33:40 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: left that other site
[SEND MORE CHUCK BERRY!]
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:35:13 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:35:28 PM PDT
by
RevelationDavid
(Don't just 'know about God'...... KNOW GOD....!)
To: MtnClimber
Naked selfies, a mix tape, and directions back to our place...
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posted on
09/30/2020 2:36:56 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
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