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When Voyager and Pioneer are 1 lightyear away |
 Apr 1 2006, 02:17 AM
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How long will it take before they reaches the 1 lightyear limit? And how is the Sun looks like at that distance? Is the sun shining bright there or is it very dark then. How difficult will it be to make eventual contact with them?
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 Apr 14 2006, 05:00 PM
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Just read this in Spaceflight magazine (May 2006 page 167 ):
PIONEER 10 lost in Deep Space NASA DSN has failed to contact the venerable spacecraft an it seems that its 'active' mission is now effectively over. ... It is now heading towards a 3.3 light year encounter with the star Ross 248 in 33000 years time. Well I guess the spacecraft lasted 35 years 
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Apr 14 2006, 11:35 PM
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QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Apr 14 2006, 01:00 PM)  Just read this in Spaceflight magazine (May 2006 page 167 ): PIONEER 10 lost in Deep Space NASA DSN has failed to contact the venerable spacecraft an it seems that its 'active' mission is now effectively over. ... It is now heading towards a 3.3 light year encounter with the star Ross 248 in 33000 years time. Well I guess the spacecraft lasted 35 years More information on the final attempt to contact Pioneer 10 here: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...indpost&p=44298 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Rem31 When Voyager and Pioneer are 1 lightyear away Apr 1 2006, 02:17 AM
dilo QUOTE (Rem31 @ Apr 1 2006, 02:17 AM) How ... Apr 1 2006, 06:10 AM
Rem31 QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 1 2006, 06:10 AM) Voyag... Apr 1 2006, 01:40 PM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (Rem31 @ Apr 1 2006, 02:17 AM) How ... Apr 1 2006, 06:10 AM ugordan QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Apr 1 2006, 07:1... Apr 3 2006, 08:30 AM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 3 2006, 08:30 AM) Ex... Apr 14 2006, 07:43 PM deglr6328 ...of course the RTG power output lifetime is far ... Apr 1 2006, 11:12 AM PhilCo126 Don't know if this was already posted:
http://... Apr 1 2006, 04:09 PM dilo QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Apr 1 2006, 04:09 PM) ... Apr 1 2006, 06:25 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 1 2006, 07:25 PM) Canno... Apr 1 2006, 07:01 PM djellison Well - 20m isnt that much less than 34 which is th... Apr 1 2006, 08:07 PM climber QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Apr 14 2006, 07:00 PM)... Apr 14 2006, 09:35 PM |
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