Voyager 1 Reaches Interstellar Space

letxa2000 writes "CNN is reporting that Voyager 1, now some 8.4 billion miles (90 AUs) from the sun, has left the solar system and entered interstellar space by reaching the heliopause. However, whether the probe has reached the heliopause or is just coming close is the subject of two papers to be published in Thursday's Nature Magazine. The probe supposedly has enough nuclear fuel to last until 2020. Will it be able to find anything interesting outside the solar system in the next 17 years?"

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Agent Smith files for Chapter 11

[KFury]

Do you guys have any idea how much RAM had to be added to the Matrix to extend the simulation out that far?!

Re:Agent Smith files for Chapter 11

[temojen]

A sparse matrix takes up a lot less memory.

Re:Agent Smith files for Chapter 11

[KFury]

"A sparse matrix takes up a lot less memory."

A sparse matrix also makes a lot less money. Just ask theaters next week when the poor reviews outweigh the sequel buzz.

Goodness...

[swordboy]

They've gone to plaid.

Re:Goodness...

[NanoGator]

"Offtopic? Who the hell modded that off topic??? - Gone to plaid is a reference to ludricous speed taken from spaceballs."

I'm surrounded by assholes!

Heliopause

[mongoks]

Voyager 1 has reached heliopause and is now experiencing hot flashes and irritability. Hormone replacement therapy has proven innefective thus far.

Re:Even if it does, will it be able to tell us?

[leerpm]

Yes, the US government has a secret message it uses to identify this point:

"Can you hear me now? .. Can you hear me now?"

What if....

[jgacad]

the aliens that find voyager only have CD players? How will they play the record that strapped to the craft?

Re:communicating?

[Anonymous Coward]

There's no friction in space.

Oh, yeah? _You_ try sharing a battered smuggler ship with a flea-bitten wookie, a hillbilly brother/sister couple, an Alzheimer's patient with a light saber, and two gay robots.