[bobjam]

China sure as a long way to go to catch up...

[Az Joe]

Soon it may encounter Dennis Kucinich.

[ambrose]

V'Ger

[farmfriend]

ping

[jae471]

drop in velocity of the solar wind from supersonic to subsonic speeds

I hate journalists.

[birbear]

So long.... and thanks for all the fish.

[Asclepius]

So long, you stupid piece of junk. I hope whatever microbes may still cling to your micro-meteorite pockmarked hull morph into star-sized constellation eaters that devour the entire universe. And I hope no space-faring race finds that god-awful plaque depicting in contour lines two naked humanoids with seventies haircuts next to a wildly out-of-scale schematic of an atom. How embarrassing that would be. They would be forced to annihilate our solar system simply on principle. They would be doing us a favor.

[stevio]

Go V-ger!

[ctonious]

Hope it hit the bathroom first.

[Tac12]

If humans never leave the solar system, it will be the last
remaining object referring to us ...

[Paleo Conservative]

[Doctor Stochastic]

...icy depths of interstellar space....

Lightless void is probably a better description. Not much ice out there.

[mrsmith]

Pioneer 10 and 11 slowed down more than scientists can find a reason for.

Because it uses a different propulsion and orientation system they can't say if Voyager is doing that too.
Too bad.

[Egon]

Scientists call this boundary the "termination shock" because the sudden drop in velocity of the solar wind from supersonic to subsonic speeds causes a transition similar to the sonic boom caused as an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound.

Really? How fast does sound travel in a vaccuum?

[RightWhale]

their data can most readily be explained if the termination shock had been crossed

Field strength, particle encounters are so low that the data would be nearly flatlined anyway. It's still a loooong cold, dark way to the next star.

[rudypoot]

"I tend to agree with Krimigis et al that their data can most readily be explained if the termination shock had been crossed," Dr Fisk said.

Dr. Fisk, no one in the real world uses the phrase "et al" in a conversation. You obviously don't get out much. Therefore, I am sending you a perscription of 12 beers to be taken once every thirty minutes in a strip joint. Additional beers may be taken as needed.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

Surely the greys have scooped it up by now.

[Poohbah]

Eight billion miles away, Voyager exits Solar System

Hope it locked the door as it left.

[finnman69]

Cool, I saw Voyager 2 launch when I was a kid at the Cape. Very cool and I will always rememember it.

[tet68]

"And once the termination shock has definitely been passed, the adventure enters a new phase."


I hate it when they say that....