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Space Week on the OT; Real time tracking of the Voyager space probes
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:36 pm
Watch how fast those things are moving away from us...
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This post was edited on 11/14/14 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:38 pm to weagle99
talk about getting the most bang for your buck
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:41 pm to weagle99
We really need to start putting people back in space. Like to Mars and back to the moon. I realize it's dangerous and expensive but the public just doesn't get excited about probes. Politicians aren't going to fund shite that people don't care about.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:50 pm to weagle99
Did you see it says it takes over 1.5 days to get a signal to Voyager 1 and back, at light speed.
That's far.
That's far.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:55 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Politicians aren't going to fund shite that people don't care about.
They didn't get elected to fund shite people don't care about.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:02 pm to foshizzle
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They didn't get elected to fund shite people don't care about.
Details, details.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:02 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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We really need to start putting people back in space. Like to Mars and back to the moon. I realize it's dangerous and expensive but the public just doesn't get excited about probes. Politicians aren't going to fund shite that people don't care about.
It's taken a while, but Orion's first (unmanned) test flight is on December 4th.
Orion
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:04 pm to weagle99
What's the projection on this thing crashing into something we don't know about. Or sucked into some black hole?
Also, judging by the tracker, we shot these things off in the same direction. Seems like we could have covered more ground shooting them in opposite directions.
Also, judging by the tracker, we shot these things off in the same direction. Seems like we could have covered more ground shooting them in opposite directions.
This post was edited on 11/14/14 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:22 pm to fightin tigers
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Also, judging by the tracker, we shot these things off in the same direction. Seems like we could have covered more ground shooting them in opposite directions.
Actually, no.
Both probes gained much of their velocity by gravitational slingshots around Jupiter and Saturn. They had to be right there when Jupiter and Saturn were.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:36 pm to foshizzle
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The Voyagers have enough electrical power and thruster fuel to operate at least until 2020. By that time, Voyager 1 will be 12.4 billion miles (19.9 billion KM) from the Sun and Voyager 2 will be 10.5 billion miles (16.9 billion KM) away. Eventually, the Voyagers will pass other stars. In about 40,000 years, Voyager 1 will drift within 1.6 light-years (9.3 trillion miles) of AC+79 3888, a star in the constellation of Camelopardalis which is heading toward the constellation Ophiuchus. In about 40,000 years, Voyager 2 will pass 1.7 light-years (9.7 trillion miles) from the star Ross 248 and in about 296,000 years, it will pass 4.3 light-years (25 trillion miles) from Sirius, the brightest star in the sky . The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:40 pm to ThongSmoker
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Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky
Let's hope this is the case and they don't end up in a half assed Star Trek movie.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 11:06 pm to ZacAttack
Didn't they evolve into the borg...space socialists?
Posted on 11/14/14 at 11:16 pm to weagle99
So, Voyager 2 launched before Voyager 1.
Would have missed that trivia question.
Would have missed that trivia question.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 11:57 pm to IceTiger
I believe that is one theory of where the Borg came from.
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