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NASA’S Confirmation: Voyager 1 has entered the Interstellar Space
http://www.themoneytimes.com/ ^
Posted on 09/14/2013 1:27:35 AM PDT by aakriti90feb
NASA’s scientists failed to stay seated when their eyes caught hold of the oscillations of the region around Voyager 1 on their instrument. It may sound hilarious what oscillations am I talking about! But it’s about NASA’s space-of-the-art Voyager that has “touched a milestone and is on its new journey,” as dubbed by Ed Stone, the mission's chief scientist at the Nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. See more : NASA News
(Excerpt) Read more at themoneytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Technical
KEYWORDS: edstone; nasa; nerdalert; sheldoncooperalert; space; startreknerdalert; voyager1
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Voyager 1 has entered the Interstellar Space
To: aakriti90feb; KevinDavis
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posted on
09/14/2013 1:28:58 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(One nation, under wub. Saints Row IV)
To: aakriti90feb
Veega wants to meet the Creator
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posted on
09/14/2013 2:10:47 AM PDT
by
guardian_of_liberty
(We must bind the Government with the Chains of the Constitution...GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY)
To: aakriti90feb
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posted on
09/14/2013 2:22:22 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: aakriti90feb
A bygone era of greatness, zero has managed to stifle but not bury
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posted on
09/14/2013 3:40:07 AM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(What you get when you refuse to vet)
To: guardian_of_liberty
Veega wants to meet the Creator I think it's "Veeger" ...
Good Lord we're such nerds eh?
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posted on
09/14/2013 3:42:19 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative; guardian_of_liberty
Ha, we're both wrong .. it's
V'Ger. (Taking my nerd street cred back)
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posted on
09/14/2013 3:56:01 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:10:46 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: aakriti90feb
Voyager 1 has entered the Interstellar SpaceProbably no speed limit in Interstellar Space. Like the Autobahn.
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:15:35 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: aakriti90feb
It took the spacecraft about 35 years to reach the stelar equivalent of the end of the driveway in one’s own home.
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:31:32 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
To: Flick Lives
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posted on
09/14/2013 6:01:21 AM PDT
by
Keli Kilohana
(Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
To: Flick Lives
Alright!! We’ve officially littered our galaxy!!!
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posted on
09/14/2013 7:42:54 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
I personally see this “Outside the solar system” claim as a rather subjective declaration.
To me, outside the solar system would be outside the most distant objects orbiting our sun. There are known objects considered to be part of our solar system that are further out than Voyager.
Have NASA get back to me in another 25,000 years or so.
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posted on
09/14/2013 7:59:12 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: aakriti90feb
FYI: The actual 'crossing' into interstellar space was last year about
August 25th, 2012, it just took that long to receive the data and compare readings. The transmission power from these 'birds' is now down to very low wattage and takes much effort by the big radio telescopes to receive at a very slow rate. Another FYI, these 2 may have the only 8-track tape units still in government service!
Costing $895 million for the two Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 is expected to be able to report for another 11 years which would put it at a distance of about 15 billion miles from Earth/Sun. Assuming a similar lifespan for Voyager 2, at that same time it will be about 13 billion miles. So a total reporting mileage of 28 billion at $895 million works out to a cost of about $0.03/mile. This may be the best bargain that the Federal Government has gotten to date!
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posted on
09/14/2013 8:12:07 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(To expect courteous government is insanity!)
To: cripplecreek
Hahah...
I agree. I wished the article had explained what was meant by “outside the solar system”, unless I missed it in this barely English and frustrating blurb.
To: cripplecreek
"The Oort Cloud is a massive spherical cloud; the size of this cloud is disputed by different astronomers. Some believe that it begins at 2000 or 5000 astronomical units–an astronomical unit (AU) equals the distance between the Earth and the Sun–and ends at 50,000 AU, which is almost a light-year. Others think that it may extend to over 100,000 AU, which would mean its edge would extend to nearly the end of the Solar System. Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/32522/oort-cloud/#ixzz2esrOonKe
Let's do the math! an AU (astronomical unit is the distance from the Sun to the Earth or 93 million miles) So using the lessor AUs from above. 50,000 x 93,000,000 = 4,650,000,000,000 or 4.65 trillion miles so I'd say that there is a lot of stuff in our solar system that is further away from us then V'ger.
I am in agreement with you that a proper definition of our solar system would be the Sun and all the stuff that orbits it. But that is not the official def. The official def is based on solar "wind". Officially our solar system ends where solar wind is overpowered by interstellar wind and now we know that occurs about 15 billion miles out. Thank you V'ger.
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posted on
09/14/2013 9:19:22 AM PDT
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: nonsporting
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posted on
09/14/2013 9:20:01 AM PDT
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: jpsb
Sedna is considered to be within our solar system and the Voyager craft is still well inside Sedna's closest orbit. Do objects like Sedna and long term comets leave the solar system and come back?
Fortunately its a meaningless definition that is only good for those of us who like to stir up crap in the scientific community. Course I'm one of those people who still considers Pluto a planet based on its spherical shape and relatively circular orbit.
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posted on
09/14/2013 9:31:45 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Flick Lives
Hows that interstellar space travel working out for ya?
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posted on
09/14/2013 9:34:41 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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