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NASA Voyager 2 is receiving commands from Earth again
CNN via MSN ^ | 03 Nov 2020 | Ryan Prior

Posted on 11/03/2020 2:38:42 PM PST by blueplum

Election Day may have us tied up in anxious knots today. But we can also take solace in the fact that nearly 12 billion miles away, one of humanity's greatest achievements is twinkling back at us, and our understanding of the mysteries of the universe continues to unfold....

...After a seven-month hiatus without being able to command Voyager 2, NASA is now able to communicate new directions and procedures to the craft, the agency announced.

The Voyager 2 space probe, launched in August 1977, has been traveling outward for more than 43 years visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune....

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 1977; astronomy; jpl; nasa; science; space; startrek; voyager; voyager2
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To: blueplum

VGER!!!!!!


21 posted on 11/03/2020 2:48:22 PM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: blueplum

MalffffunCtion ... need input


22 posted on 11/03/2020 2:49:45 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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23 posted on 11/03/2020 2:50:30 PM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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To: blueplum

Response: “Nag, nag, nag.”

12 billion miles, not good news for those trying to get away.


24 posted on 11/03/2020 2:50:57 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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To: blueplum

If we could somehow bring it back, it would be a great time capsule.


25 posted on 11/03/2020 2:51:36 PM PST by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: BradyLS

12 billion miles at 186,000 miles/second = ~6.4 weeks...?


26 posted on 11/03/2020 2:52:06 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: blueplum

Bump!


27 posted on 11/03/2020 2:53:13 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: blueplum
A big shout-out to my Dad who led the development program at General Electric to build the Radioisotope Thermal Generators (RTGs) that are still powering the Voyager spacecraft. I was in college when he was running that program. Dad passed 19 years ago -- Well Done, Dad!


28 posted on 11/03/2020 2:53:55 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: blueplum

Cool stuff.


29 posted on 11/03/2020 2:54:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: blueplum

You think that’s something, my ‘77 Pinto still has a working radio. I can get BeeGees and other assorted disco hits. The car doesn’t move, but, yeah, I can listen to the radio.


30 posted on 11/03/2020 2:54:23 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Helluva legacy...


31 posted on 11/03/2020 2:54:51 PM PST by chrisser
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To: BradyLS
how long does it take to send out a signal to Voyager 2? And for the signal to return?

(12 billion miles / speed of light (186,282 miles/sec)) / 3600 seconds per hour gives ...

a little under 18 hours one way.

32 posted on 11/03/2020 2:55:54 PM PST by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: blueplum

Bttt.

5.56mm


33 posted on 11/03/2020 2:57:08 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: blueplum

How is this even remotely possible? 12 billion miles away and can transmit and receive a signal? If true, then wow.


34 posted on 11/03/2020 2:57:50 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Campion

Yep. I missed the first conversion to minutes. My grade: F+


35 posted on 11/03/2020 2:59:00 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: blueplum

Clearly designed and built by NASA in pre-diversity times and without moslem help...

Maybe it has a Timex ticker on it’s side...


36 posted on 11/03/2020 2:59:07 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: blueplum

Biden campaign indicated they are looking at ways they can tax it.


37 posted on 11/03/2020 2:59:17 PM PST by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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To: Campion

kinda makes one feel a bit primative...


38 posted on 11/03/2020 2:59:40 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well Done, Dad!

Amen.

You should be very proud!


39 posted on 11/03/2020 3:00:21 PM PST by Dacula ( If you won the lottery, would you mail in your ticket or go in person? Remember that when you vote.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Wow! Well done, Dad, indeed!

I find this all .. as Spock would say ... “Fascinating”

(but I can’t do the one eyebrow raise thing)!


40 posted on 11/03/2020 3:01:36 PM PST by twyn1
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