[InvisibleChurch]

so that's what all that racket was

[Jonah Hex]

Damn Klingons....

[Nowhere Man]

One interesting fact is the Pioneer series carried the first microprocessor in their computers, an Intel 4004 which is the ancestors of today's Pentium IV. Fascinating.

[mrsmith]

This is awful news.

Mystery force tugs distant probes
"By studying the Doppler shift (the "stretching") of the radio signals from the probe, scientists have been able to calculate how fast the craft is travelling. Since 1980, its trajectory has been mapped in very great detail.
The puzzle is that Pioneer 10 is slowing more quickly than it should. "

I thought this the most promising mystery in ages.
But without the signal there won't be any doppler-shift info on it's speed.

[LibKill]

Pioneer 10 carries a gold plaque engraved with a message of goodwill and a map showing the Earth's location in the solar system.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[JavaTheHutt]

This sounds like a future commercial for Duracell batteries. Dead space probe floating in space, billions of miles from Earth, along comes the little pink bunny doing a space walk, banging on his drums.

[Condorman]

Farewell Old Friend

PH, would you ping the usual suspects, please?

[finnman69]

Hopefully the Klingnons wont use it for target practice.

[Mark17]

It will take 2 million years to reach it.

Oh good. That means I still have time for a cup of tea before it arrives. The universe really is kind of large isn't it?

[livis_dad]

It figures... most appliances quit right after the warranty and I've heard this thing had a 30 year warranty... Piece of crap.

[SunkenCiv]

Au revoir.