OT: Houston, we have left the Solar System

[VAMike23]

Little old Voyager 1 ...... still out there doin' work, since 1977 !! How cool is that?

NASA confirms Voyager has left the solar system

 

[TDiNozzo]

So that's where Elvis went.......

 

[VAMike23]

So that's where Elvis went.......

.....and more than a few of my dark socks over the years

 

[RockyMTblue2]

A debate has been raging among the pocket protector crowd as to whether the barrier was crossed as much as 10 months ago. I am amazed that this little bugger is still working and in communication after all these years. The article mentions that some millennia from now Voyager will actually get "close" to another sun. The vastness of space is truly beyond our comprehension.

 

[DobbsRover2]

A debate has been raging among the pocket protector crowd as to whether the barrier was crossed as much as 10 months ago. I am amazed that this little bugger is still working and in communication after all these years. The article mentions that some millennia from now Voyager will actually get "close" to another sun. The vastness of space is truly beyond our comprehension.

Just shows that they knew how to make things back then. And you know that decades down the road there will be a big debate about whether a mission should be sent out at near light speed to retrieve old Voyager and bring the pioneer back to some Intrepid-like museum on Earth, or whether to just let it keep on sailing to infinity and beyond.

 

[Adesmar123]

NASA confirms Voyager has left the solar system

I am reminded of the first Star Trek movie and VGer..

 

[VAMike23]

NASA confirms Voyager has left the solar system

I am reminded of the first Star Trek movie and VGer..

Me too.....