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5 NASA spacecraft that are leaving our solar system for good
Astronomy ^ | 28 Sep, 2020 | Eric Betz

Posted on 09/30/2020 2:14:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 09/30/2020 2:14:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Voyager 2, looking back.

2 posted on 09/30/2020 2:14:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pioneer 10 flies past Jupiter as the first mission to the giant planet.

3 posted on 09/30/2020 2:15:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The Pioneer plaque is a gold-anodized aluminum plate with these images engraved onto it.

4 posted on 09/30/2020 2:16:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The Voyager golden record (left) is a 12-inch gold-plated copper disc. It’s covered with aluminum and electroplated with an ultra-pure sample of uranium-238.

5 posted on 09/30/2020 2:16:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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For good? Must be nice...


6 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)
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Even THEY have had enough of 2020.


7 posted on 09/30/2020 2:17:31 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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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.


8 posted on 09/30/2020 2:17:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“For good” sounds so permanent. OTOH, I would be a little concerned if it turned around and came back.


9 posted on 09/30/2020 2:19:32 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: MtnClimber

My dad made parts for some of those during his career at Texas Instruments.


10 posted on 09/30/2020 2:22:11 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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“SEND MORE CHUCK BERRY!”


11 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))
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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

12 posted on 09/30/2020 2:25:01 PM PDT by z3n
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To: MtnClimber

It says Uranus was perfectly placed.


13 posted on 09/30/2020 2:27:57 PM PDT by Romulus
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14 posted on 09/30/2020 2:29:56 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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Makes sense. Carter was President. I'd want to go to another star system too. Even if all that was there was this:


15 posted on 09/30/2020 2:30:53 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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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


16 posted on 09/30/2020 2:32:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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17 posted on 09/30/2020 2:33:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: left that other site
[“SEND MORE CHUCK BERRY!”]


18 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 ......)
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Perfect....lol


19 posted on 09/30/2020 2:35:28 PM PDT by RevelationDavid (Don't just 'know about God'...... KNOW GOD....!)
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Naked selfies, a mix tape, and directions back to our place...


20 posted on 09/30/2020 2:36:56 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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