Happy 35th B-Day, Voyager 2
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Re: Happy 35th B-Day, Voyager 2
by The Dharma Bum » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:51 am
That's just to get to the edge of the solar system.
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Re: Happy 35th B-Day, Voyager 2
by eynon81 » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:15 am
that is beautiful. we should be doing more of these. I wanna do one just to see how fast we can get it going.
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Re: Happy 35th B-Day, Voyager 2
by John Galt » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:22 am
the helios probes in the 80s that went to the sun got up to 160,000 mph. but that has to do with the fact they were orbiting close to the sun (still are)
voyager is going like 35,000 mph, escaping the sun
voyager is going like 35,000 mph, escaping the sun
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Re: Happy 35th B-Day, Voyager 2
by The Dharma Bum » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:52 pm
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Re: Happy 35th B-Day, Voyager 2
by John Galt » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:28 pm
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