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I remember now. It collided with a probe from another system. Repaired itself part way, then spock fixed it. Or was it malevolent by then? Even a bigger accomplishment than the pluto craft. Correct. And this was the result: The MIGHTY V-GINY![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/IE4batb.png)
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
- Del Gue
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I wonder if they can even use a solar panel that far out. How can a 40 year old battery still be working, and if they are, why can't I get one for my truck? If you’ll bother to read just 6 posts back (I know that’s a whole lot to ask) but a member named Blackbat (and it’s even on the same page as you) He explains the use of “Multihundred-Watt radioisotope thermoelectric generators (MHW RTG)” type system. He goes on further in detail. So thorough, he even educated the guy on here from NASA. I still want one. I keep getting lousy batteries these days. :^) PS it was more like 15 posts back.......take you shoes off to count next time. It wasn't any trouble at all, I just didn't see it. I need one for my beard trimmer ... Wonder if they come in AA????
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At what point does V'Ger start wending it's way back towards earth?
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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At what point does V'Ger start wending it's way back towards earth? Never. It's headed for the stars.
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Some day some aliens will find it floating around out there and laugh at the primitive technology...
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At what point does V'Ger start wending it's way back towards earth? Never. It's headed for the stars. Not a Star Trek fan, are you?
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remarkable, considering how old the equipment actually is on V2. No kidding.... Wow...
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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That "aliens watching TV shows" and coming for us has no bearing in reality.
We've been transmitting TV signals for less than a century. There are very few stars of any kind within 100 light years of us - which is as far as those signals have gotten. And none of those stars have habitable planets as far as we know. The nearest intelligent species out there is at least thousands if not millions - or billions - of light years away. Unless they have developed means of travel we cannot even imagine at thousands of times the speed of light, there is simply no way for them to ever get here. Or know that there'd be a reason to start the trip, for that matter.
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34 hours for a single communication relay. Wow They must be using Verizon Wireless
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RockyRaab- "The nearest intelligent species out there is at least thousands if not millions - or billions - of light years away"
Rocky- according to WIKI- the closest possibly inhabitable planet is Proxima Centauri and 'only' 4.5 light years away. Close....in space terms but considering the original Voyager traveling at the hard to image speeds is maybe 14.5 billion miles away or so ( guess on my part) that is a long way from a light year's 6 trillion.
Something I learned while looking that up was that Voyager 1 was evidently meant to send info back to the northern hemisphere while V2 was to the southern. Makes sense but I hadn't even considered.....
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
. Confucius
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The better description would be "Earth-like." Meaning that planet might be capable of supporting life as we know it. "Life" does not mean intelligent beings, however. Slime mold qualifies as life, as do bacteria. We have seen no signs of intelligent life anywhere - so far. Even odd signals that might hint at other than natural sources come from millions of light years away - and therefore were generated millions of years ago.
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