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So the Voyager Space Craft is back on line. A voyage that started in 1977 is now 17 light hours away and the machine is still working!!!

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DudeistPriest · M

I read about this earlier. Seems it needed to rotate in order to run a calibration test but two of its systems drew too much power simultaneously so its 1977-era software successfully shut it down to preserve power. It corrected itself and is back online now. Is that right?

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DudeistPriest · M

@Quimliqer Yes, both Voyager spacecraft have left the boundary of our solar system. Voyager 2 entered interstellar space in November 2018, while Voyager 1 did so earlier in August 2012.

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Voyager 1 will wander interstellar space for a mere 40,000 years before it passes by the star AC+79 3888, 17.6 light-years from Earth. Voyager 2 will wander interstellar space for 296,000 years before it passes near Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, 10.3 light-years from Earth.

Quimliqer · 70-79, M

@DudeistPriest Thanks for the information!!

DudeistPriest · M

@Quimliqer 😉

Tminus6453 · M

Pretty weird to think that thing will still be floating through space millions of years from now even after the earth is long gone, unless its destroyed by some outside force flying through space

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Tminus6453 It just keeps on ticking. INCREDIBLE!!! I wonder if any alien will ever see the porno pictures we sent on the Voyager.

spice1 · M

I think you got your distance wrong.

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@spice1 Glad to be of assistance. I remember the space craft being launched and all the hope they had in sending them out. Seems so long ago and they have hardly even left home. It boggles the mind to think how vast space is. Still incredible that they are still working. I read an article about them that they are not where they should be according to the common theory of gravity you and I learned in high school.

spice1 · M

@hippyjoe1955 I know I also remember when it was launched,especially the golden disk it was carrying full of earth cultural.

DudeistPriest · M

@hippyjoe1955 Whatever happened to the 'parsec'?

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