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To: mistermj who wrote (513)7/31/2012 7:45:07 PM
From: SofaSpud3 Recommendations  Respond to of 528
 
He`s almost certainly right, but it`s sad:

Alone in the Void By ADAM FRANK SOMETIME this year Voyager 1, a probe sent from Earth 35 years ago, will cross a threshold no human-fashioned object has reached before. Passing through a sun-driven shock wave at the edge of the solar system, it will reach the icy dominions of interstellar space. Voyager is one of the fastest vessels we’ve ever blown out of Earth’s gravity well. Still, after three and a half decades of hyper-velocity spaceflight, it will take another 700 centuries for the craft to cross the distance to the nearest star ...

nytimes.com



To: mistermj who wrote (513)8/6/2012 2:17:38 AM
From: mistermj1 Recommendation  Respond to of 528
 


The second picture acquired by Curiosity on Mars, transmitted home only minutes after landing. Curiosity's shadow on the Martian landscape can be clearly seen.