[QUOTE]The Voyager 1 probe, launched by Nasa in 1977, is on the cusp of entering the inter-stellar void. In doing so, the spacecraft, which is currently 100 times further from the sun than the earth is, will be the first man-made object to leave the solar system.
The machine, which has already travelled 11 billion miles since its launch, will soon enter a region that astronomers call inter-stellar space, where the high-speed solar winds diminish and the magnetic winds of deep space intensify.
It is this change in the magnetic field direction and the type of wind - interstellar wind is slower, colder and denser than solar wind - that will confirm that Voyager 1 has finally crossed the boundary.
The probe, which travels at around 11 miles per second, is expected to leave the solar system in the next few months, although it might take years to pass completely into inter-stellar region.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/07/voyager-1-nasa-probe-about-to-leave-solar-system_n_1134165.html?ref=uk-tech"]http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/07/voyager-1-nasa-probe-about-to-leave-solar-system_n_1134165.html?ref=uk-tech[/URL]
As cool as seeing new systems will be (though we probably won't see another planet until you guys are all dead and I'm 90), I'm worried we might run into trouble with these interstellar winds blasting the hull 24/7, plus these magnetic currents can't be good for the cameras. Et tu, Facepunch?
About 3 days late
What if we discover some weird shit out there that no-one has foreseen?
[QUOTE=Adarrek;33641911]About 3 days late[/QUOTE]
Coulda guessed it. Damn.
Holy fuck. But the probe is very old, what could it possibly send back that is useful.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33642241]Holy fuck. But the probe is very old, what could it possibly send back that is useful.[/QUOTE]
Anything it sends back from interstellar space will be useful, seeing as no one has gathered data from there before.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33642241]Holy fuck. But the probe is very old, what could it possibly send back that is useful.[/QUOTE]
Small amounts of space for the next few years - maybe something interesting if we get lucky. If we get very lucky, we might run into an astral body we can study.
But we will definitely run into something interesting eventually. It's just that the time it'll take probably won't be worth it.
[QUOTE=Cone;33641894][URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/07/voyager-1-nasa-probe-about-to-leave-solar-system_n_1134165.html?ref=uk-tech"]http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/07/voyager-1-nasa-probe-about-to-leave-solar-system_n_1134165.html?ref=uk-tech[/URL]
As cool as seeing new systems will be [B](though we probably won't see another planet until you guys are all dead and I'm 90)[/B], I'm worried we might run into trouble with these interstellar winds blasting the hull 24/7, plus these magnetic currents can't be good for the cameras. Et tu, Facepunch?[/QUOTE]
Are you 6?
Deep space wind sounds so awesome. As if this is a ship seeking land to colonise on earth.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;33642368]Are you 6?[/QUOTE]
Are you 6? You seem to watch childrens cartoons I'd judge you more then him.
Is it outside yet of the solar system?
[QUOTE=overpain;33642477]Is it outside yet of the solar system?[/QUOTE]
You grammar accidentaly.
what happens if the probe hits a invisible wall :downs:
This isn't the first probe to leave the solar system. Another one had left the system a couple of years ago or so.
[QUOTE=Jurikuer;33643141]This isn't the first probe to leave the solar system. Another one had left the system a couple of years ago or so.[/QUOTE]
Links? It is according to NASA's official site, or maybe NASA made a error on their information page.
4/25/2015) Probe destroyed
Collided with Dark Matter object
[QUOTE=wootmonster;33641926]What if we discover some weird shit out there that no-one has foreseen?[/QUOTE]
IE: we're in a giant space bubble and outside the bubble there is no darkness, you can see all the light, and there's aliens putting a veil around us.
[QUOTE=Fatal-Error;33643033]You grammar accidentaly.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, English is not my native language, also, thanks for clearing out for me.
[QUOTE=overpain;33643488]Sorry, English is not my native language, also, thanks for clearing out for me.[/QUOTE]
Is it outside of the solar system yet?
also, its not it should be in a couple months according to NASA.
it's gonna hit the skybox
then we'll have to fish it back with a physgun
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33643175]Links? It is according to NASA's official site, or maybe NASA made a error on their information page.[/QUOTE]
Either that or the article read was about this probe going to inter-stellar space in the future and I read it wrong.
11 miles per second holy shit
[QUOTE=slayer20;33643756]11 miles per second holy shit[/QUOTE]
well there is nothing to slow it down in space like there is in Earth.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33643844]well there is nothing to slow it down in space like there is in Earth.[/QUOTE]
It will keep speeding up too.
[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;33646051]It will keep speeding up too.[/QUOTE]
Are you sure, It's not in a stage of acceleration and is not being propelled therefor it is at a constant speed?
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33643844]well there is nothing to slow it down in space like there is in Earth.[/QUOTE]
Except, you know, the gravitational pull of the system/galaxy/universe, interstellar winds, etc. Space may be empty and have no friction, but that doesn't mean there aren't other forces affecting everything out there.
Godspeed Captain Janeway.
[QUOTE=Wii60;33643122]what happens if the probe hits a invisible wall :downs:[/QUOTE]
Carl Sagan would be crying from the grave.
Godspeed little probe, godspeed.
[QUOTE=Andaeeee;33659633]Godspeed little probe, godspeed.[/QUOTE]
science speed
11 miles per second
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.