Voyager-1 becomes first man-made object to leave the Solar System
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[QUOTE=desertdog11;39987657]Our planet's a beacon with the lights on at night, i'm pretty sure there's some alien fuckers staring at us with their telescopes going "wtf, that planet's glowing!"[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't those aliens experience a similar phenomenon with their own planet?
[QUOTE=archangel125;39984957][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR7EaHbPe54[/media]
The next probe they send out of the system should have this playing.
I think this woman's got the archetype of the angelic voice, and it's sure to make an impression if any ever find it.[/QUOTE]
It's also the most archetypal song literally ever. Everyone I know hates that song with a passion. And when it comes to professional singers, most of them are really great - this one hasn't got a music video, but it's beautiful all the same:
[video=youtube;_VLY2bd5w8k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VLY2bd5w8k[/video]
So I really think we should just leave "Johnny B. Goode" on there, it has its own beauty that doesn't really compare to this kind of stuff.
Again?
Fuck that, put Tom Waits on it and lets see what the aliens think then
[QUOTE]Wouldn't those aliens experience a similar phenomenon with their own planet?[/QUOTE]
That's why we're a beacon, we're basically signalling to the universe that there's intelligent life here.
[QUOTE=archangel125;39985240]Well, it can be understood to do that in several ways.
For example, the Voyager can pass the planet pluto. If I understand this correctly, however, it is leaving the sun's sphere of gravitational influence entirely - Past the bubble of dust at the very edge of our system.[/QUOTE]
This has nothing to do with the gravitational sphere of influence.
The heliosphere (which is what we're waiting for voyager to exit) is the region of space where the solar wind creates a sort of bubble around the sun. This area is quite different from the rest of space.
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere[/url]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_medium[/url]
it will one day crash on a different planet and the bacteria from earth that still remains inside the probe will create life on a new earth
ive seen a documentary about it. It is still controllable and still communicates with earth. they've actually sent a second one several years ago and it gathers information about saturn.
[QUOTE=samat1995;39988597]ive seen a documentary about it. It is still controllable and still communicates with earth. they've actually sent a second one several years ago and it gathers information about saturn.[/QUOTE]
We've sent many more than one second one.
Pioneer 10 and 11
Voyager 1 and 2
Huygens
New Horizons
Juno
Are some of them.
It didn't actually leave yet?
Well shit, all of our local newspapers and even BBC news have broadcasted that it had also.
Well, travel on you magnificent piece of metal.
It's upsetting to know it will run out of power eventually, does it no have solar panels? I guess we didn't have them back then? Genuine thought.
[QUOTE=desertdog11;39987657]Our planet's a beacon with the lights on at night, i'm pretty sure there's some alien fuckers staring at us with their telescopes going "wtf, that planet's glowing!"[/QUOTE]
If you think about it, an alien planet is probably seeing our planet how it was thousands of years ago. It's like we don't exist to them.
(Because of how long it takes light to travel)
[QUOTE=PikachuX1000;39988965]It's upsetting to know it will run out of power eventually, does it no have solar panels? I guess we didn't have them back then? Genuine thought.[/QUOTE]
It's too far from the sun for solar panels to do any good.
[QUOTE]If you think about it, an alien planet is probably seeing our planet how it was thousands of years ago. It's like we don't exist to them.
(Because of how long it takes light to travel)[/QUOTE]
I suppose you're right, i'm not really knowledgeable about space/physics, but what if the aliens have figured out a way to view planets for life?
I was about to say that all of facepunch board a rocket with interstellar travel, or FTL and bring Voyager home for a big celebratory party....
However, I think we should let it sail of into the unknown and complete its mission. Keep on, little probe
[QUOTE=CubeManv2;39987535]i was laughing at this so i had to make it.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKs7MYaCnlA&feature=youtu.be[/media][/QUOTE]
Did you have to make it inaudible?
[QUOTE=Kirovich;39980892]I'm not too knowledgeable about shit like this, but are they still getting updates from Voyager? Or are they just tracking a piece of junk that's flying through space, now beyond our reach.[/QUOTE]
Oh it's still alive and kicking. It may take a few hours for information to travel back and forth but we're still getting assloads of reliable data from it, and will continue to as long as the RTG inside it still works and no space rocks damage it.
They did shut the camera off a couple decades ago to save on power, though. I kinda wish they'd turn it back on just long enough to take a picture of Sol from outside the solar system.
[editline]21st March 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;39989798]I was about to say that all of facepunch board a rocket with interstellar travel, or FTL and bring Voyager home for a big celebratory party....
However, I think we should let it sail of into the unknown and complete its mission. Keep on, little probe[/QUOTE]
Honestly what I would do is rendesvous with it, replace the RTG with a modern, 'fresh' one, upgrade the computers, upgrade the optics, upgrade the science package, and basically double its lifetime. I'd then let it continue on doing what its doing now, only with a fresh power source and far better information gathering tools.
Just imagine getting 1080P stills and videos [i]from outside the solar system[/i]...
i could have sworn this already happened? i remember reading about this about a year ago.
[QUOTE=PikachuX1000;39988965]It didn't actually leave yet?
Well shit, all of our local newspapers and even BBC news have broadcasted that it had also.
Well, travel on you magnificent piece of metal.
It's upsetting to know it will run out of power eventually, does it no have solar panels? I guess we didn't have them back then? Genuine thought.[/QUOTE]
It's nuclear powered.