NASA Contour Probe May Not Be Broken After All

RedPhoenix writes "A few friends & I got together this morning to visit the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication station open day, just outside of Canberra Australia. One of the NASA team mentioned that there have been indications early this morning (AESTime) of a contact with the 'Contour' probe, that has been reported to have broken in two. Perhaps some cause for optimism? The most interesting part of the day though, was probably the little old wooden crate out the back of one of the warehouses, stamped with 'NASA Voyager 1 Mission' ... Now that would look nice as a geek coffee-table."

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Re:Hmmmm....?

[Royster]

If their rate of travel away from one another is small in relation to their rate of travel with respect to the earth, parallel tracks is exactly what you would expect to see.