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Voyager chasing solar system's edge
U-238:
Planet Earth Taken by Voyager 1 at a distance of 6 billion kilometers travelling at 40,000 miles per hour
jmyrlefuller:
--- Quote from: Oceander on September 10, 2012, 07:03:46 pm ---It is utterly amazing how long the Voyager series has lasted and has continued to provide data.
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One of the few things Mr. Peanut (Jimmy Carter) got right.
Oceander:
--- Quote from: jmyrlefuller on September 10, 2012, 08:42:38 pm --- One of the few things Mr. Peanut (Jimmy Carter) got right.
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Nah, just as it was the SEALs, not Obama, who got bin Laden, it was NASA, not Carter, that got Voyager up and going.
One wonders, however, at the risk of playing with counterfactuals, what the return on investment would have been if a private consortium had put up Voyager rather than the federal government.
U-238:
--- Quote from: jmyrlefuller on September 10, 2012, 08:42:38 pm --- One of the few things Mr. Peanut (Jimmy Carter) got right.
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Actually the project credit goes to Dr. Ed Stone and Dr. Carl Sagan. The planning for this mission dates back to the 1960s
Location of the Voyager's in real time:
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/index.html
U-238:
--- Quote from: U-238 on September 10, 2012, 08:00:01 pm ---
Planet Earth Taken by Voyager 1 at a distance of 6 billion kilometers travelling at 40,000 miles per hour
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Rest of the Family Portrait taken by Voyager 1
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