Voyager at the edge of solar system

[Zemo]

Cool article about Voyager 1. Launched in 1977 and still going.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/0...85E0VU20120615

[BlackKnight]

It's gonna Bring Thanos , The Skrulls, Aliens, and some Predators back with it ...., we are screwed.

[Figuremod73]

Some pretty good technology here for over thirty years old. It loses power in 2025. I wonder if they have launched another one with newer technology.

The pictures that it took were probably in my textbooks all thru school.

[The Bat]

Actually...it's going to amass so much knowledge that it will become self aware and called itself V-Ger. Then return to Earth seeking it's creator.

[nobody]

Them we better build an Enterprise soon or as BK said we will be screwed.

[Hector]

Imagine...all these years...and it's barely leaving our puny Solar System.

By the time it reaches something really significant...the roaches would've replaced us long ago as the dominant species on Earth...

[johnmiic]

It's not imed at any star system but if it was I heard it would take like 20 thousand years to get to one at it's speed.

[cjefferys]

Man, I remember first hearing about this when I was a kid and it first launched. And it's just reaching the edge of the solar system now? Wow, gives you an idea of how big just our system is, let alone the vastness beyond it.

[Figuremod73]

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_fall...d/gallery.html

BBC Solar System – Voyager 1 is on an epic journey to the stars

[samurainoir]

Actually...it's going to amass so much knowledge that it will become self aware and called itself V-Ger. Then return to Earth seeking it's creator.

Before that, it will invite Starman Jeff bridges to earth, where he will inseminate a human female and sing rolling stones off key.

[megoscott]

Why am I deleting political posts in a space science thread? Sheesh, peeps!

[megoscott]

By the way, the whole thing blows my mind and gives me goosebumps. GO VOYAGER!

[MegoSteve]

I believe that Voyager is one of mankind's crowning scientific achievements. It is absolutely mind-blowing that something men launched when I was in fourth grade is now leaving the solar system and still communicating with Earth 35 years later and over 11 billion miles away.

[torgospizza]

I believe that Voyager is one of mankind's crowning scientific achievements. It is absolutely mind-blowing that something men launched when I was in fourth grade is now leaving the solar system and still communicating with Earth 35 years later and over 11 billion miles away.

What I find amazing is that even with the technology they had at the time of launch, it's still running on about 75% of its original power.

[Gorn Captain]

Is it still transmitting something?

It really gives you an idea of how huge the Universe is, and how far off true space travel is. Until we make a phenomenal break-through in science (like Faster Than Light or using wormholes), the Human race isn't really going anywhere. And maybe that's not such a bad thing, because we certainly aren't ready to go to other planets if we can't clean up our own back yard.

I hope Voyager's last message to us is "So long, suckers!!!"
He's done a great job, getting that far with 1977 technology.