40 years in space and still going strong

[TexasRaceLady]

WOW! Didn't realize it's been so long.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/08/13/voyager-spacecraft-sail-on-40-years-after-launch.html

 

[Johali]

WOW! Didn't realize it's been so long.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/08/13/voyager-spacecraft-sail-on-40-years-after-launch.html

I had forgotten also. A good read, thanks.

 

[be9ak7ts16]

How cool is that. Thanks TRL.

 

[Professur]

Number of parts made in China? Zero.

 

[VaDirt]

I wonder when it will meet up with the Enterprise, as foretold in Star Trek, The Motion Picture.

 

[aunty dive]

Watched an excellent program on PBS that detailed the technological evolution of these things over the 40 years and the astounding discoveries they've made.

Fascinating stuff.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

Very interesting. Space, the final frontier. As a much younger @dpkimmel2001, I got to live through the Apollo Era. Space and space exploration continues to captivate me to this day. It's very interesting and somewhat gratifying to know that the technology of that era still thrives today.

I gotta say it's cool that they gave them names like Voyager 1 & Voyager 2. I'm just glad it wasn't something like the Robert E. Lee 1 & Robert E. Lee 2. Then we may have never know what's out there. At least now we've got a chance. But I digress.

 

[Mispeedway15]

PBS Nova did an awesome two hour program on it. Funny how they used aluminum foil from a local store to ground the wires so the electrical charges off Jupiter and Saturn wouldn't fry the thing

 

[Ashstrodamus]

I watched The Farthest - Voyager in Space. That's the PBS documentary. Good stuff.