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Title: Voyager 1 Post by: walcot red on Friday, September 13, 2013, 20:52:21 Has made its way out of our solar system after being launched back in '75, pretty cool achievement (if you're into this sort of thing)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21937524 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: Nemo on Friday, September 13, 2013, 21:03:17 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.
Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: @mwooly63 on Friday, September 13, 2013, 21:04:35 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. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: Honkytonk on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 01:02:24 It actually left in August of last year, they just hadn't realised until yesterday. :soapy tit wank:
Title: Re: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: Batch on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 01:14:18 I think there was some debate on what the edge of the solar was. I guess it definitely has left by all definitions now.
Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 01:25:12 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.
Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: walcot red on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 07:54:46 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. Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: BruceChatwin on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 08:04:23 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. (http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/102012/obligatory-felix-soccer.gif) Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: Samdy Gray on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 08:20:59 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 Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 08:22:57 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory It's not rocket science ::)Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 10:01:29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory 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. Title: Re: Voyager 1 Post by: jayohaitchenn on Saturday, September 14, 2013, 11:31:09 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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