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Post by Hunny on Jun 15, 2012 15:57:07 GMT
Voyager Leaving The Solar SystemScientists working on Voyager 1 are receiving further data suggesting the probe is close to crossing into interstellar space. The Nasa mission, which launched from Earth in 1977, could leave our Solar System at any time. It is now detecting a sharp rise in the number of high-energy particles hitting it from distant exploded stars. The observation was predicted, and is another indication that Voyager will soon reach its historic goal. more...______________________ Once Voyager does enter interstellar space, it will take 40,000 years to reach the nearest star (travelling at 17k p/second). And when it does... (This is the part that cracks me up.) We put records on these spacecraft, for the aliens to play! ..RECORDS! the weird sounds we put on it(When some poor alien gets this, he's going to assume it's some type of communication - i.e., a language, a message we sent - and good luck decoding that!)
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Post by iamjumbo on Jun 15, 2012 18:38:27 GMT
Voyager Leaving The Solar SystemScientists working on Voyager 1 are receiving further data suggesting the probe is close to crossing into interstellar space. The Nasa mission, which launched from Earth in 1977, could leave our Solar System at any time. It is now detecting a sharp rise in the number of high-energy particles hitting it from distant exploded stars. The observation was predicted, and is another indication that Voyager will soon reach its historic goal. more...______________________ Once Voyager does enter interstellar space, it will take 40,000 years to reach the nearest star (travelling at 17k p/second). And when it does... (This is the part that cracks me up.) We put records on these spacecraft, for the aliens to play! ..RECORDS! the weird sounds we put on it(When some poor alien gets this, he's going to assume it's some type of communication - i.e., a language, a message we sent - and good luck decoding that!) just think about how much hassle it is going to be to round up a phonograph to play it
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 18:53:55 GMT
It was bad enough when I joined a French class and the tutor refused to talk any English.
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