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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
To: blueplum
MalffffunCtion ... need input
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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?")
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:50:30 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(Where's Hunter???)
To: blueplum
Response: “Nag, nag, nag.”
12 billion miles, not good news for those trying to get away.
To: blueplum
If we could somehow bring it back, it would be a great time capsule.
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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.)
To: BradyLS
12 billion miles at 186,000 miles/second = ~6.4 weeks...?
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:52:06 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: blueplum
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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.)
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!
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:53:55 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
To: blueplum
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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.)
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.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:54:23 PM PST
by
John Milner
(Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:54:51 PM PST
by
chrisser
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.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:55:54 PM PST
by
Campion
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:57:08 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
To: blueplum
How is this even remotely possible? 12 billion miles away and can transmit and receive a signal? If true, then wow.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:57:50 PM PST
by
bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: Campion
Yep. I missed the first conversion to minutes. My grade: F+
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:59:00 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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...
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:59:07 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: blueplum
Biden campaign indicated they are looking at ways they can tax it.
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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.)
To: Campion
kinda makes one feel a bit primative...
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:59:40 PM PST
by
sit-rep
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Well Done, Dad!
Amen.
You should be very proud!
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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.)
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)!
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:01:36 PM PST
by
twyn1
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