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« Reply #1 on: Friday, September 13, 2013, 22:20:05 » |
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I saw a rather harsh tweet from Have I Got News For You suggesting it was followed out of the solar system by Chris Waddle's pelanty miss from 1990.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, September 13, 2013, 22:21:23 » |
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I saw a rather harsh tweet from Have I Got News For You suggesting it was followed out of the solar system by Chris Waddle's penalty miss from 1990.
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 02:19:12 » |
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It actually left in August of last year, they just hadn't realised until yesterday.  |
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 02:31:06 » |
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I think there was some debate on what the edge of the solar was. I guess it definitely has left by all definitions now.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 02:42:00 » |
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I'm not convinced...I'd like an explanation of how an object can power its way out of solar orbit...when apparently having a finite propulsion system.
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 09:11:34 » |
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I'm not convinced...I'd like an explanation of how an object can power its way out of solar orbit...when apparently having a finite propulsion system.
It would just keep drifting with no gravity or wind resistance to slow it down or stop it, it'll just keep going. |
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 09:21:11 » |
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I saw a rather harsh tweet from Have I Got News For You suggesting it was followed out of the solar system by Chris Waddle's pelanty miss from 1990.
Reminds me of this great gif.  |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 09:37:47 » |
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I'm not convinced...I'd like an explanation of how an object can power its way out of solar orbit...when apparently having a finite propulsion system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory |
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 09:39:45 » |
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It's not rocket science  |
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 11:18:17 » |
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Cheers, I'd always assumed that after moving around the outer planets, Voyager would ultimately come under the gravitational influence of the sun and so remain within the Solar System. |
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 12:47:57 » |
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It has a plutonium power cell that'll last another 10 - 15 years. When it runs out the transmitter will stop working. Propulsion wise, it'll just keeping tottling along at 100,000mph till affected by a large object's gravity.
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