Problem with Voyager 2 Spacecraft at Edge of Solar System

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Re: Problem with Voyager 2 Spacecraft at Edge of Solar System

Postby 82_28 » Wed May 19, 2010 7:38 pm

Yeah, but who flipped the bit!?!? Are you saying that these aliens were able to hack the equivalent of an Atari 2600?
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Re: Problem with Voyager 2 Spacecraft at Edge of Solar System

Postby justdrew » Wed May 19, 2010 8:45 pm

82_28 wrote:Yeah, but who flipped the bit!?!? Are you saying that these aliens were able to hack the equivalent of an Atari 2600?


verily, 'twas the hand of Mitchell himself...
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Re: Problem with Voyager 2 Spacecraft at Edge of Solar Syste

Postby semper occultus » Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:39 am

psynapz » 08 May 2010 03:50 wrote:
NASA launched Voyager 2 on Aug. 20,1977, just two weeks before Voyager 1. Together, the two spacecraft are the most distant human-built objects in space.

There's that pesky 77 again, which doesn't mean anything by itself.

The 33-year-old Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is currently 8.6 billion miles (13.8 billion km) from Earth, is apparently still in good health, according to the latest engineering data received on May 1. But Voyager 2's flight data system, which formats information before beaming it back to Earth, has experienced a hiccup that altered the pattern in which it sends updates home.


There's that super-pesky 33 again which doesn't mean much by itself, although more since this story is coming from NASA, and slightly more when appearing in conjunction with a 77.


...only just reading about this.......and they actually ended up sending the bloody thing off to Sirius... of all the places in the universe they could have chosen.... ooo--eee-ooo


It was a special year because there was a rare planetary alignment of the outer planets, which meant the spacecraft would be able to visit all four giant gas planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Voyager 1 is on a trajectory to reach star AC+79 in about 40000 years. Voyager 2 is on its way to the vicinity of star Sirius, a mere 296,000 years away.

Or maybe it just is the occultists at NASA. Who knows.


...and guess who built it...Jack Parsons old alma-mater...

Built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Voyager 2 was launched on Aug 20, 1977, closely followed by Voyager 1 on Sept 5.
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Re: Problem with Voyager 2 Spacecraft at Edge of Solar Syste

Postby semper occultus » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:32 am

The incredible lunar TEMPLE: European space bosses reveal plan for 50m high 'dome of contemplation'

Perpetually sunlit peak close to the Moon's south pole
Would be built on the sunlit rim of Shackleton Crater, near proposed lunar base
50 m-high domed structure Temple will be 'symbol of unity for humankind'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4162296/The-incredible-lunar-TEMPLE.html

It could be a temple like no other - and with a view that really is out of this world. The European Space Agency has revealed plans for a lunar temple to be built alongside mankind's first outpost on the moon. The 50m high dome, close to a planned moonbase near to the moon's south pole, would give the first settlers 'a place of contemplation'. Artist Jorge Mañes Rubio, part of ESA's future-oriented Advanced Concepts Team (ACT), designed the temple to be built alongside ESA's planned moonbase.

'I've been having all sorts of discussions with my ACT colleagues, including speculating on the likely needs of future lunar settlers,' said Jorge. 'What kind of social interactions will they share, what cultural activities and rituals will they have, and what sort of art and artefacts will they be producing? 'Humans have been creating art for at least 30 000 years, so I have no doubt this will continue in space and on the Moon.'

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The temple would be built on the sunlit rim of Shackleton Crater, which is bathed much of the time in sunlight while overlooking a 4.2 km-deep interior mired in perpetual shadow. The lunar poles have previously been identified as promising locations for future settlement because craters kept shaded by the lowness of the Sun in the local sky are thought to serve as 'cold traps' to preserve water ice, potentially a vital source of water, air or rocket fuel.

'This was a big source of inspiration for me, along with 18th century utopian architects such as Étienne-Louis de Boullée and Claude Nicolas Ledoux, who designed massive structures too large to be feasibly built on Earth – but practical in the Moon's one-sixth gravity.' The 'Moon Temple' is intended as a symbol of unity for humankind, reflecting the pull that our natural satellite has always had on the human imagination, ESA says.

'Lunar settlement represents a perfect chance for a fresh start, a place where there are no social conventions, no nations and no religion, somewhere where these concepts will need to be rethought from scratch.

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'Humans have brought flags to the Moon, but they've been bleached white by sunlight since then – almost as if the Moon is protecting itself from such terrestrial concepts.
So this Temple is intended as a mythic and universal structure that can hopefully bring people together in this new environment in novel ways.'
Jorge selected Shackleton over nearby Malapert Crater because Earth is perpetually visible from Malapert, while from Shackleton it will only be seen for two weeks at a time, inspiring more independent thinking. One opening in the dome will look Earthwards, while another at the top will peer out into deep space.

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