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Remembering Pioneer 10

Posted by michael on from the where-no-man-has-gone-before dept.

Daniel Goldman writes "Twenty one years ago today, Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave our solar system, by crossing the orbit of Neptune (which was then the farthest planet from the Sun). Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to enter the asteroid belt, the ring of giant rocks beyond Mars. It survived and zoomed on to Jupiter in late 1973, where it became the first spacecraft to take close-up photographs of the storms on the giant planet's surface. After Jupiter, it kept going, collecting data on the particles and radiation it encountered. More info about Pioneer 10 at Wikipedia."

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  1. Re:We'll get another chance to remember it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yea, and hopefully it will attract some gay niggers from outer space

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  2. It's Not Just A Human Creation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    More specifically, it's an AMERICAN creation that has left the solar system. Don't you forget the almost all current space achievements have been accomplished by only one country, the United States of America.

    Wonder why? It's because we are the hardest working, innovative, creative and free people in this world. We are a shining city on a hill.

    Makes me proud to be an American more than ever that we are such an advanced nation, nobody even comes close.

    God Bless the USA.

  3. Re:Leaving the solar system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Good informative point. Shame on the ass-hat who modded you redundant.