NASA "pokes" Voyager 1 spacecraft and got a response!

[Gerald]

This remind me of a communication I have with a former "girlfriend"

[Sean C]

Awesome!

[August]

They sure built things to last good back in the old days.

[Reece]

Yeh, not so much Chinese crap!!

[August]

Originally Posted by Reece

Yeh, not so much Chinese crap!!

Well you know what they say about components.

[mapuc]

It is indeed an amazing achievement we have made.

I think it's time to repeat the feat and construct 2 new satellite and send them same way into outer space. These satellite shall have an another type of propulsion.

And now some off topic to the title

In a few decades from now we will lose contact with Voyager 1. It will be out of sight out of mine-Then it will return in 3-400 years from now and has changed name to V'ger

End of some off topic....

Markus

[August]

Originally Posted by mapuc

It is indeed an amazing achievement we have made.

I think it's time to repeat the feat and construct 2 new satellite and send them same way into outer space. These satellite shall have an another type of propulsion.

And now some off topic to the title

In a few decades from now we will lose contact with Voyager 1. It will be out of sight out of mine-Then it will return in 3-400 years from now and has changed name to V'ger

End of some off topic....

Markus

I don't think Voyagers have propulsion but I agree. We definitely should send out more Voyagers and in different directions.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Gerald

This remind me of a communication I have with a former "girlfriend"

Laughing. I feel your pain. We have all been there at one point or another.

In all seriousness, the exploits of the voyager series of probes is nothing short of astounding. The scientists and engineers who envisioned and put together some of these early probes like the Voyager series with the inherent limitations of the technology of their times were and are absolutely brilliant. Of course, newer probes are more advanced.

Closer to home, kinda. I have watched video's of the Cassini-Huygen and Juno probes to our Gas Giants planets, Saturn and Jupiter, respectively and their moons. Cassini released the probe Huygen into the environment and atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Huygen transmitted data and video for almost an hour.

The technology and successes that have been made with Voyager have fueled and propelled more advanced probes that continue to explore our Solar System and beyond.
I included some of the Youtube links to the Cassini and Juno missions. I hope our scientifically minded Subsim members and readers enjoy them.








https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pbxZGBgphuw

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Laughing. I feel your pain. We have all been there at one point or another.

In all seriousness, the exploits of the voyager series of probes is nothing short of astounding. The scientists and engineers who envisioned and put together some of these early probes like the Voyager series with the inherent limitations of the technology of their times were and are absolutely brilliant. Of course, newer probes are more advanced.

Closer to home, kinda. I have watched video's of the Cassini-Huygen and Juno probes to our Gas Giants planets, Saturn and Jupiter, respectively and their moons. Cassini released the probe Huygen into the environment and atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Huygen transmitted data and video for almost an hour.

The technology and successes that have been made with Voyager have fueled and propelled more advanced probes that continue to explore our Solar System and beyond.
I included some of the Youtube links to the Cassini and Juno missions. I hope our scientifically minded Subsim members and readers enjoy them.








https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pbxZGBgphuw

What did they see on Titan? .....a sign saying 15 million miles to Walldrug, SD.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

What did they see on Titan? .....a sign saying 15 million miles to Walldrug, SD.

Not much, I'm afraid except a sign that said coming soon, a McDonalds restaurant and a Wal Mart superstore.

[Commander Wallace]

If anyone is interested, this is real time footage of the supernova of the massive sun / star Betelgeuse.

[Sean C]

↑ Meh. I'll believe it when I actually do see it.

I've been watching Betelgeuse since it was announced that its magnitude began changing drastically in late 2019. I looked at it as I was leaving work this evening, and I just stepped outside to have another look.

If and when it does explode, you won't need anyone to tell you about it. The following is from an earthsky.org article on the subject:

Most astronomers do not believe a supernova is imminent. For example, astronomers Richard Wasatonic and Edward Guinan, of Villanova University, postulate that the current dimming is due to an unusually extreme 425-day dimming cycle within the main 5.9-year one. Unusual, certainly, but nothing that indicates an imminent explosion.

[...]

However, one day Betelgeuse will explode and give us an amazing celestial show. It’ll be brighter in our sky than a full moon, and possibly visible in daytime!

[August]

I'm all in favor of getting humans living on other planets and moons so that our species can't be completely wiped out by a single meteor, disease, war or other cataclysmic event. Right now all of humanities eggs are in one earth basket. Let get bases and colonies going throughout the solar system.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Sean C

↑ Meh. I'll believe it when I actually do see it.

I've been watching Betelgeuse since it was announced that its magnitude began changing drastically in late 2019. I looked at it as I was leaving work this evening, and I just stepped outside to have another look.

If and when it does explode, you won't need anyone to tell you about it. The following is from an earthsky.org article on the subject:

I'm sure when it explodes, we will see it, as you said. This event may well just be a precursor to the actual Supernova, which has been expected for some time.