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dicksbro
09-13-2013, 06:04 AM
This was fascinating to me. The website I'm listing has the Voyager spacecraft still operating (August 2012) after 35-years as it caught the sound of a solar eruption proving it was now into interstellar space. If you like space news, you'll enjoy this ...
http://news.yahoo.com/voyager-1-probe-captures-1st-ever-sounds-interstellar-091212267.html
jseal
09-14-2013, 07:21 AM
For those who follow such human efforts, here’s another link (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=voyager-1-leaves-solar-system) to that extraordinary event!
Oldfart
09-14-2013, 09:05 AM
I'm still not sold on the whole "sounds of space" bit, but we have either sent forth a valiant emissary, or placed a dangerous hazard in the space-lanes.
gekkogecko
09-14-2013, 10:27 AM
OF, you should realize that one does not preclude the other.
Oldfart
09-14-2013, 10:24 PM
**SMASH** Hey everybody, we just bet the Terran roving Ambassador.
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