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Voyager 1 Sends Messages from the Edge

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

dalmozian writes "NASA's Latest News about the Voyager 1 is being run on Sci-Tech. The Voyager has passed into the border region at the edge of the solar system and now is sending back information about this never-before-explored area, say scientists at the University of Maryland. From the article: 'Voyager 1 and its twin spacecraft Voyager 2 are now part of a NASA Interstellar Mission to explore the outermost edge of the sun's domain and beyond. Both Voyagers are capable of returning scientific data from a full range of instruments, with adequate electrical power and attitude control propellant to keep operating until 2020.'" The proof of crossing the termination shock was covered earlier this year but now we can see the actual data.

4 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Who cares.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    About some hunk of junk float aimlessly in outer space. Can't we talk about something more down to eart. Come on!

    How about we talk about your atrocious grammar? Is that down to Earth enough for you?

  2. SAy... by mayhemt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hi to Zaphod .. ooh tell Marvin that his brain is being GPLed on earth i.e. Alpha3ZoneDelta

  3. ...and the message was... by NadaTech · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "It's cold out here!" But seriopusly, if they can make a spacecraft go billions of miles for several decades, why do our cars run on such polluting, inefficient gasoline? We need to start putting pressure on these oppressive oil cartels to release the patents on this fuel saving technology thhey have, and regardless of what snopes says, I believe it truely exists.

  4. Re:WWF? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When did Edge join the World Wildlife Fund?

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