I saw this over here: “Voyager 1 is now at the outer edge of our solar system, in an area called the heliosheath, the zone where the sun’s influence wanes. This region is the outer layer of the ‘bubble’ surrounding the sun, and no one knows how big this bubble actually is. Voyager 1 is literally venturing into the great unknown and is approaching interstellar space. Traveling at a speed of about one million miles per day, Voyager 1 could cross into interstellar space within the next 10 years.”
Here is the full article from Jet Propulsion Laboratories.
I think that’s just extremely cool. It seems like science fiction, but it’s not.
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August 18, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Max
That’s crazy cool. I want one.
August 18, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Josh
What would you do with it? Besides send it out into deep space and wait around for years.
August 18, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Max
…shoot.
August 18, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Josh
Hehehe.
August 12, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Johnny Relentless
Not me, I would drive mine up and down the beach, picking up chicks. I would hand fuzzy dice from the rear-view - er, from the antennae.
August 13, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Josh
Well, you’d be going up and down the beach pretty fast, anyway…