Voyager 1 has entered the Interstellar Space
To: aakriti90feb; KevinDavis
2 posted on
09/14/2013 1:28:58 AM PDT by
wastedyears
(One nation, under wub. Saints Row IV)
To: aakriti90feb
Veega wants to meet the Creator
3 posted on
09/14/2013 2:10:47 AM PDT by
guardian_of_liberty
(We must bind the Government with the Chains of the Constitution...GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY)
To: aakriti90feb
4 posted on
09/14/2013 2:22:22 AM PDT by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: aakriti90feb
A bygone era of greatness, zero has managed to stifle but not bury
5 posted on
09/14/2013 3:40:07 AM PDT by
ronnie raygun
(What you get when you refuse to vet)
To: aakriti90feb
Voyager 1 has entered the Interstellar SpaceProbably no speed limit in Interstellar Space. Like the Autobahn.
9 posted on
09/14/2013 5:15:35 AM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: aakriti90feb
It took the spacecraft about 35 years to reach the stelar equivalent of the end of the driveway in one’s own home.
10 posted on
09/14/2013 5:31:32 AM PDT by
Flick Lives
(We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
To: aakriti90feb
FYI: The actual 'crossing' into interstellar space was last year about
August 25th, 2012, it just took that long to receive the data and compare readings. The transmission power from these 'birds' is now down to very low wattage and takes much effort by the big radio telescopes to receive at a very slow rate. Another FYI, these 2 may have the only 8-track tape units still in government service!
Costing $895 million for the two Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 is expected to be able to report for another 11 years which would put it at a distance of about 15 billion miles from Earth/Sun. Assuming a similar lifespan for Voyager 2, at that same time it will be about 13 billion miles. So a total reporting mileage of 28 billion at $895 million works out to a cost of about $0.03/mile. This may be the best bargain that the Federal Government has gotten to date!
15 posted on
09/14/2013 8:12:07 AM PDT by
SES1066
(To expect courteous government is insanity!)
To: aakriti90feb
Nearest solar system to earth - 5,878,499,809,995.8 miles (roughly).
Speed of V’ger - 39,000 MPH (roughly).
“Are we there yet?” - 17206.7 years. (approximately....Saturday am math).
Should have put a turbo charger on that thing.
21 posted on
09/14/2013 9:45:41 AM PDT by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
To: aakriti90feb
Ironically, it tried to stop off at a Howard Johnson’s but there was not space.
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