August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

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August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby Webb » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:31 pm

Thirty-four years after launch, Voyager 2 continues to explore

On August 20, 1977, the intrepid spacecraft Voyager 2 launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL on what was supposed to be only a four year mission to Jupiter and Saturn. But exactly 34 years later, Voyager 2 has cemented itself into the upper echelons of unmanned space exploration, continuing to beam back data as it searches for the barrier between our solar system and interstellar space.

1977 - Earth

1979 - Jupiter

1981 - Saturn

1986 - Uranus

1989 - Neptune

2007 - Termination shock

2015 - Heliopause, the end of the Solar System
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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby hyperpep111 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:43 am

They've said that they are leaving since the 80s  ::).
Must be lonely in the sky. alone. with no one there to comfort you. Millions of miles away from earth. with only a cd which wont make a sound in space for reasons the star wars crew did not grasp. Push on little voyagers. And after they leave the radio range they are destined to float aimlessly through space :'( :'( :'(
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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby Strategic Retreat » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:43 am

Must be lonely in the sky. alone. with no one there to comfort you. Millions of miles away from earth. with only a cd which wont make a sound in space for reasons the star wars crew did not grasp.


I wish Star Wars ONLY was like that. ALL the science fictions movies, and TV series, and comics, and Anime, and... and... and... whatever, regularly add effects that have nothing to do with reality, justifying themselves with the need to make things more spectacular... when even one of the most destructive space phenomena, like a supernova, makes NO sound at all. ::)
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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby hyperpep111 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:00 am

Must be lonely in the sky. alone. with no one there to comfort you. Millions of miles away from earth. with only a cd which wont make a sound in space for reasons the star wars crew did not grasp.


I wish Star Wars ONLY was like that. ALL the science fictions movies, and TV series, and comics, and Anime, and... and... and... whatever, regularly add effects that have nothing to do with reality, justifying themselves with the need to make things more spectacular... when even one of the most destructive space phenomena, like a supernova, makes NO sound at all. ::)


sci-fi will be sci-fi
But I still feel bad for the voyager though :(.
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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby Webb » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:26 pm

There is no sound when Dave Bowman blasts into Discovery's airlock.

As soon as the lock fills with air the sound resumes.

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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby hyperpep111 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:15 pm

There is no sound when Dave Bowman blasts into Discovery's airlock.

As soon as the lock fills with air the sound resumes.

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The top comment says it all 8-)
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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:01 pm

I think spacesuits are great.... only you have to chew your own farts. I hate people who feel obliged to share and then think it is funny to try and gas you and then leg it >:(
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Re: August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2

Postby hyperpep111 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:03 pm

I think spacesuits are great.... only you have to chew your own farts. I hate people who feel obliged to share and then think it is funny to try and gas you and then leg it >:(


How did I guess Mark is going to slam into this conversation?
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