Luckiest object in space

[n2doc]

[aidbo]

1. Approximately 20.6 billion kilometers away from Earth, and moving away from us..

..at a tidy clip of 26.7 kilometers per second (almost 60 thousand miles an hour!)

"Hello from the children of planet Earth"

https://theskylive.com/voyager1-tracker

[longship]

2. The RTG could last well past 2020, as they turn off instruments.

I hope the Klingons don't get it first.

[Takket]

3. too late

[link:

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[longship]

4. Thanks!!

I was going to look for it. You beat me to it.


Oopsie! That wasn't Voyager. That was Pioneer!

My bad. Never mind!

[Takket]

6. never understood why the satellite appears to scream LOL

Maybe it was sentient like V'Ger??????????

[longship]

8. As I edited above, my bad, that was Pioneer, not Voyager.

[Takket]

9. no worries, close enough for this topic LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

13. This is a little closer

[drm604]

16. Voyager 6,

which we have yet to launch.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. That we are aware of

[Tiggeroshii]

12. Further proof the Klingons are worse than the Cardassians.

And why Star Trek 5 should be regarded as the least of the Star Trek OS movies.

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. But are they worse than the Kardashians? nt

[calimary]

20. LOL!

In many cases, the answer would be "Yes!"

[brush]

5. Did it pass out of the solar system yet?

[Takket]

7. yes :)

see link....

[link:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130911-voyager-interstellar-solar-system-nasa-science-space/|

[brush]

11. Wow! It's been gone since 2012. Thanks for the link.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. V'ger

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
The crew of The Enterprise discover that the mysterious VGER is actually Voyager 6, launched by NASA.

[roamer65]

14. Helluva lot more miles than any Toyota can put up.

We built 'em well.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Thank you! I needed that!

[calimary]

21. Too bad there wasn't enough room to put the RNC in there.

I'd LOVE to see them millions of miles away from Earth, and speeding farther outward. It'd be better for all of us.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Well, didn't Newt Gingrich volunteer??

He could gather a whole posse of like minded friends to explore the universe together.

I'm listening to Jimmy Carter's autobiography on audio (read by the author ) and he mentioned that he still makes it a point to keep up with Voyager and its travels.

[Liberalagogo]

19. This Voyager went a LOT further away

But it came back.

[calimary]

22. WWJD - can also mean "What Would Janeway Do?"

Although one time, I was out running an errand and noticed a guy wearing a "WWLDD?" t-shirt. I asked what that meant. He replied: "What Would Larry David Do?"