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Whisper Heard From Pioneer 10

Posted by Hemos on from the hello-hello-is-there-anybody-out-there dept.

Irishman writes "NASA has heard from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft for the first time since March. Unfortunately, it is too faint to get scientific data from the craft. CNN has the story here. Considering that the craft is twice the distance from the Sun as Pluto is and that it has spent 30 years subjected to space, this is amazing! Now if only computer manufacturers could make equipment even remotely this sturdy."

3 of 569 comments (clear)

  1. Whatever it is, it's not friendly by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, that's not an American code

  2. What it really said: by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "ET smells, pass it on."

    Oh, hang on a minute, that's chinese whispers...

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  3. +1 funny by NKJensen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    too bad I used up my mod points...

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