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Hekate

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49. This is actually wonderful

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Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn't used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away [View all] sarisataka Nov 2024 OP

We believed in science back in 1977. sinkingfeeling Nov 2024 #1

(Solly whispers V'Ger) Solly Mack Nov 2024 #2

I did too! Stuckinthebush Nov 2024 #8

It was only logical. :) Solly Mack Nov 2024 #9

The absolute 1st thought that came into my head... WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2024 #16

It is! I got a little thrill reading it. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #19

Yes. V'Ger. murielm99 Nov 2024 #29

:) Solly Mack Nov 2024 #32

Those who know, know... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #31

Heh! Solly Mack Nov 2024 #33

Endorsed RecoveringJournalist Nov 2024 #55

Gone too soon. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #56

First thought! MuseRider Nov 2024 #57

Yep! How could it not be? (for those of us of a certain age and of certain likes) Solly Mack Nov 2024 #58

Hey back! MuseRider Nov 2024 #61

And remember... Enter stage left Nov 2024 #3

And it has a 1970s version of a microprocessor. lastlib Nov 2024 #13

Instruments of Voyager... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #22

Radioisotope Power System Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #46

Bring back NASA, orthoclad Nov 2024 #4

Where did NASA go? AZ8theist Nov 2024 #18

Nixon cut funding, then Rotten Ronnie damaged it, and it's been underfunded for years. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #21

It was at its height in 1966. former9thward Nov 2024 #48

A guy I know is running it now. DFW Nov 2024 #23

Oh come on, spill... tavernier Nov 2024 #59

I guess my efforts to avoid it aren't working............ DFW Nov 2024 #62

NASA links... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #20

Thanks orthoclad Nov 2024 #47

I'm happy my tax dollars are spent on worthwhile projects like this..definitely got our money's worth Deuxcents Nov 2024 #27

When I hear stuff like this... GopherGal Nov 2024 #39

Perhaps another civilization edhopper Nov 2024 #5

What could possibly odins folly Nov 2024 #15

they hear and see the transmissions from TSF and stay far away verargert Nov 2024 #30

There was an "X-Files" episode that was somewhat like that... keep_left Nov 2024 #42

Star Trek the Motion Picture edhopper Nov 2024 #43

We are finding out so much so fast, it's pretty overwhelming ismnotwasm Nov 2024 #6

This is so cool..They just science the heck out of it....nt mitch96 Nov 2024 #7

This is just amazing..... and every time I hear about Voyageur, Jack Valentino Nov 2024 #10

Great movie. I have it on VHS. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 #26

How appropriate central scrutinizer Nov 2024 #38

rec progressoid Nov 2024 #11

Billions and billions of miles! Pinback Nov 2024 #12

Somewhere Carl Sagan is smiling Blue Owl Nov 2024 #35

Oh I absolutely love him! MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2024 #37

Dedicated to Voyager I & II: lastlib Nov 2024 #14

23 hours to transmit a message each way. Emile Nov 2024 #17

Of course I need to this irisblue Nov 2024 #24

Of course! Lotta people didn't like that movie but I did. electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #41

You just can't beat Radio Shack. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 #25

"D" batteries I bet. twodogsbarking Nov 2024 #28

It wanted to wish Jimmy Carter a belated happy 100th birthday Qutzupalotl Nov 2024 #34

V'ger ... wow... I've been a space program booster since Sputnik Hekate Nov 2024 #36

Wired article from 2013, "Interstellar 8-Track" ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #40

This is actually wonderful Hekate Nov 2024 #49

Somewhat later than Sputnik for me... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #51

I was really quite little when Sputnik orbited. We got a parakeet about that time & I named it... Hekate Nov 2024 #53

Cool! And a parakeet. 🧡 electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #54

Awww...I named my very first car after her. nolabear Nov 2024 #45

It'll be the only way we can communicate with deep space GenThePerservering Nov 2024 #50

According to my calculations.. Permanut Nov 2024 #52

The 1960s and 1970s, that's when we (as a country) built stuff that lasts. 4lbs Nov 2024 #60