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Happy 30th Birthday, Pioneer 10

Posted by timothy on from the not-yet-over-the-hill dept.

tlon writes: "Pioneer 10, the spacecraft that brought us the first pictures of Jupiter, turned 30 today. Launched in 1972, the probe is now some 7.4 billion miles away, as it cruises out towards Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus. NASA will attempt to contact the spacecraft today, (it was successfully contacted last year), but the round trip time is over 22 hours. How's that for a ping latency? See Nasa's Pioneer 10 Page for more details."

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  1. Give it a break... by _mt99 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's very cold out there after all. Like in Finland.

    1. Re:Give it a break... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Hey!


      The cold and snow is fine. Anyone who spends more time around here can, however, tell you that it's the darkness that's hard to cope with.

  2. Ah, Slashdot, how you suck! by Serial+Troller · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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    STOP ME BEFORE I POST AGAIN!

  3. If I could go back in time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If I could go back in time...

    I would bring myself a whore from the 19th Century London. Gotta love those Victorian ladies...

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  5. Victorian sex fetish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mmm... I hear you.

    I wonder if there's a newsgroup or a website dedicated to sex with women dressed up in the 19th century style.

  6. NASA filing suit against AOL by ari{Dal} · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Complaints of erroneous charges in NASA's communications bill have sparked a feud between the agency and industry giant TW/AOL.
    An inside source revealed that the controversy errupted when 200 Beds in a Bag ended up on NASA's doorstep.
    AOL would not comment on the incident, saying only that it is in talks with NASA to rectify the situation.

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  7. fish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    test why isnt there any new posts?

  8. oh my god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you're all a bunch of nerds! .. oh wait

  9. let's hope they don't get this .... by efuseekay · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    " Oh my god...it's full of stars!"

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    Mode (3) smart-aleck mode. Press * to return to main menu.
  10. Imagine by WetCat · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    a Beowulf cluster of these...

    It will be the largest one...