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Light Eye
09-21-2006, 02:20 PM
dear friends,

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21sep_voyager.htm?list29945

be well, be love.

david

surprises from the edge of the solar system
09.21.2006

sept. 21, 2006: almost every day, the great antennas of nasa's deep space
network turn to a blank patch of sky in the constellation ophiuchus. pointing at
nothing, or so it seems, they invariably pick up a signal, faint but full of
intelligence. the source is beyond neptune, beyond pluto, on the verge of the
stars themselves.

it's voyager 1. the spacecraft left earth in 1977 on a mission to visit
jupiter and saturn. almost 30 years later, with the gas giants long ago seen and
done, voyager 1 is still going and encountering some strange things.




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Valarie Vousden
09-22-2006, 10:12 AM
ooo, that was very cool! i didn't even know they were still in
contact with v1. i think i would speculate that those magnetic
potholes and speedbumps jumble and slow down the cosmic rays coming
in somewhat, if they "need" to be assigned a purpose. how
interesting it will be to see what else v1 uncovers for us tiny
humans back here. thank you for sharing.

v. vousden

light eye <universal_heartbeat2012@... (/group/asc2k/post?postid=meu4x6hjalnnctpmkktxr_2zn6gokha7fwinam cj7-4hm5_8nhqswr3btvdaz5yntcfksxirp0gs0ivy-lt3-glv3f3r3ldz1iq)> wrote:
dear friends,
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21sep_voyager.htm?list29945

be well, be love.
david



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