Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Thu Dec 22 04:08:50 CST 2011
Hi Arthur That page has a link to a link about the latest results from the old Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts now travelling at the outer edge of the solar system: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ Have in mind that they were launched 34 years ago, thus proves to be two of the most amazing pieces of hardware ever created. http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/index.html An interesting detail - while we struggle with limited covering range of WiFi and so - is that it is even possible to maintain reliable contact at such a distance where signals travel for about 16 hours: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/profiles_dsn.html It will not last, however, as power is expected to run out at 2025. /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 22-12-2011 01:15 >>> I could have seen these coming, but I didn't, so I am the loser in this race. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48126 -- Arthur (maybe I should change my name to Ether) Cell: 647.710.1314 Thirty spokes converge on a hub but it's the emptiness that makes a wheel work -- from the Daodejing