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Post by hyperborean on Jul 3, 2008 19:28:00 GMT
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=voyager-2-finds-lopsidedI don't know why, but I find that fascinating. "The twin Voyager craft set out for deep space in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn, but after their primary mission was completed, they kept on going. In 10 to 20 years after reaching the termination shock, NASA expects the craft to cross the heliopause, the outer edge of the heliosheath. That would mean they have exited the solar system and entered the interstellar medium. NASA engineers estimate that both probes' plutonium power packs have the potential to keep them broadcasting data until 2025." ...interstellar medium? Sweet...
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Post by isador21 on Jul 4, 2008 17:19:53 GMT
Good news ;D
So we'll get to see what's past the solar system?
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Post by hyperborean on Jul 4, 2008 17:38:45 GMT
I don't know that we'll get to actually see it, but, we will certainly get a better idea of it.
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