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Voyager 1 & 2 to leave Solar System in Near Future

Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,378
edited November 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Thought something positive would be refreshing around here, amidst football molester scandals, absurd Teabag debates and unavailable deluxe blu-rays.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2099245,00.html?iid=tl-article-mostpop1

I was about 1 or 2 months old when these were launched. Now I'm an old fucking man. :lol: Amazing that we can communicate with machinery that's farther away than Pluto. :shock: Not to be too political, but who says the government never gets anything right?
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    au400futurestartrek05.jpg
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    I prefer Foldgers coffee bags over a majority of different teas out there, but yeah, it's pretty amazing that these probes are still trucking.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Thought something positive would be refreshing around here, amidst football molester scandals, absurd Teabag debates and unavailable deluxe blu-rays.

    http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2099245,00.html?iid=tl-article-mostpop1

    I was about 1 or 2 months old when these were launched. Now I'm an old fucking man. :lol: Amazing that we can communicate with machinery that's farther away than Pluto. :shock: Not to be too political, but who says the government never gets anything right?
    So fucking cool.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,378
    Jason P wrote:
    I prefer Foldgers coffee bags over a majority of different teas out there, but yeah, it's pretty amazing that these probes are still trucking.

    It uses less power than 3 light bulbs, at least I think that's what it said. :o
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    I prefer Foldgers coffee bags over a majority of different teas out there, but yeah, it's pretty amazing that these probes are still trucking.

    It uses less power than 3 light bulbs, at least I think that's what it said. :o
    And this is cool too:

    When the twin spacecraft do fall silent, they will continue to serve as earthly messengers. Attached to their flanks are their celebrated golden records — 12-in. (30 cm) gold-plated copper disks containing analog etchings of pictures, music and greetings from Earth. The disks resemble old phonograph records and work like them too — but that, of course, makes sense. In 1977, who in the world had heard of a CD?
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    BinauralJam wrote:
    au400futurestartrek05.jpg

    Exactly. When V'ger comes back to destroy the Earth this whole thing won't seem so "cool".

    Although I think the one from Star Trek was a fictional Voyager 5 or Voyager 6 that in reality was never launched as the program ended with Voyager 2.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    this is cool
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,378
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Exactly. When V'ger comes back to destroy the Earth this whole thing won't seem so "cool".

    Yea, probably not.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    SatansFuton wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    au400futurestartrek05.jpg

    Exactly. When V'ger comes back to destroy the Earth this whole thing won't seem so "cool".

    Although I think the one from Star Trek was a fictional Voyager 5 or Voyager 6 that in reality was never launched as the program ended with Voyager 2.
    Damn trekkies! Bantha fodder, the plot was.

    8-)
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Jason P wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    au400futurestartrek05.jpg

    Exactly. When V'ger comes back to destroy the Earth this whole thing won't seem so "cool".

    Although I think the one from Star Trek was a fictional Voyager 5 or Voyager 6 that in reality was never launched as the program ended with Voyager 2.
    Damn trekkies! Bantha fodder, the plot was.

    8-)

    It is unwatchable.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    SatansFuton wrote:
    It is unwatchable.
    But this IS watchable ..

    http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/11/new-time-lapse-flyover-from-iss/

    It's a time-lapse video from the international space station with low-light cameras and it is AMAZING!
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    That's Awesome, i love how you can see the stars in the background just at the edge. 8-)
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