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Voyager 2 to switch to backup thruster set
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| 07 NOV 11
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Posted on 11/07/2011 7:29:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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This artist's concept shows NASA's two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer shell of the bubble of charged particles around our sun. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
To: KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:29:29 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: Red Badger
Make it so, Number One...........
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:30:23 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: Red Badger
If we don't shut this thing down soon, it may come back to get us some day.
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11/07/2011 7:31:54 AM PST
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Adams
(Fight on!)
To: Adams
It’s already on the way back.
But, though V’ger was just fictional, Overlord Voyager is not.
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:35:16 AM PST
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Jonty30
To: Red Badger
Voyager 2 is currently located about 9 billion miles (14 billion kilometers) from Earth in the "heliosheath" -- the outermost layer of the heliosphere where the solar wind, which streams out from the sun, is slowed by the pressure of interstellar gas. I think I could use a "You Are Here" map. :)
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:35:36 AM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Barack suffers from ADD -- "Additional Deficit Disorder".)
To: Red Badger
The thrusters involved in this switch have fired more than 318,000 times.
If only the company that designed and manufactured Voyager could design and build a car...
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11/07/2011 7:37:31 AM PST
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TSgt
(whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive...it is the Right of the People to abolish it.)
To: Adams
If we don't shut this thing down soon, it may come back to get us some day.
"This is Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. And if you are hearing this, it means I failed -- this time."
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:40:45 AM PST
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Alex Murphy
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
To: Colonel_Flagg
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:42:15 AM PST
by
Errant
To: Red Badger
Switching to the backup thruster...will allow engineers to turn off the heater that keeps the fuel line to the primary thruster warm. This will save about 12 watts of power. The spacecraft's power supply now provides about 270 watts of electricity. By reducing its power usage, the spacecraft can continue to operate for another decade even as its available power continues to decline.Way to go, Dad! (RIP) He was the program manager for the RTG power supplies on these two spacecraft. Awesome achievement. If only he were here to keep abreast of what is happening.
To: TSgt
I’m not sure who built the propulsion system, but Ford built that big antenna reflector in Palo Alto, CA.
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:44:47 AM PST
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Rio
To: ProtectOurFreedom
He is watching from the outside.........
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11/07/2011 7:49:00 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: Colonel_Flagg
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:51:31 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: Adams
I am watching this movie now after work, just picked it at random.....lol. Always, a good movie for spaceheads..TK
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:51:48 AM PST
by
NCDave
(AKA, "That idiot over there")
To: TSgt
I wonder what the MTBF is?..........
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:52:29 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:52:42 AM PST
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geege
To: geege
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:53:38 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Wow! That’s really something to be proud of. This machine is just unbelievable. Your dad did great work.
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posted on
11/07/2011 7:55:52 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Red Badger
Bill Clinton is, what, 65 now?
He’s probably had to switch to the backup
thrusters by now too.
To: Jonty30
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