Voyager 1 - 35 years later

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   Well it has not left the sun reaching power yet, one sun out of more 200 billions in this galaxy, one galaxy out of hundreds of billions galaxies. Quite impressive machine this one, it was predicted by some it would go down long before, yet it still communicative.
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Voyager 1 is in uncharted celestial territory. One thing is clear: 
The boundary that separates the solar system and interstellar space is 
near, but it could take days, months or years to cross that milestone.Voyager
 1 is currently more than 11 billion miles from the sun. Twin Voyager 2,
 which celebrated its launch anniversary two weeks ago, trails behind at
 9 billion miles from the sun.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/voyager-1-heads-for-stars-after-35-years/story-fn5iztw3-1226465151486

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nothing Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 November 2008 Location: Andorra Status: Offline Points: 416	Post Options Post Reply Quote nothing Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Voyager 1 - 35 years later Posted: 04 September 2012 at 3:11pm
	Well it has not left the sun reaching power yet, one sun out of more 200 billions in this galaxy, one galaxy out of hundreds of billions galaxies. Quite impressive machine this one, it was predicted by some it would go down long before, yet it still communicative. ------------------------------------------------ Voyager 1 is in uncharted celestial territory. One thing is clear: The boundary that separates the solar system and interstellar space is near, but it could take days, months or years to cross that milestone. Voyager 1 is currently more than 11 billion miles from the sun. Twin Voyager 2, which celebrated its launch anniversary two weeks ago, trails behind at 9 billion miles from the sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/voyager-1-heads-for-stars-after-35-years/story-fn5iztw3-1226465151486

Ron Webb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male atheist Joined: 30 January 2008 Location: Ottawa, Canada Status: Offline Points: 2467	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ron Webb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 September 2012 at 5:40pm
	Eleven billion miles is impossible to imagine, but here is one way to get some sense of it. A radio transmission can go around the world (25,000 miles) in about 1/7 of a second; but a radio transmission from Voyager I takes almost 17 hours to reach us! Now that's far out!
	Addeenul �Aql � Religion is intellect.