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The Voyager 1 has left our Solar System

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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 04:34 PM
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Default The Voyager 1 has left our Solar System

So this is pretty cool, The Voyager 1 is now out of our solar system (though technically it's a bit debated) and will be discovering what lies beyond our sun's gravity. They even have about 10-15 more years of power left.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21866532



Pretty nifty if you ask me.
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 05:03 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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We need a faster probe to investigate further. We will be likely to learn a lot just by sending something out into nothing.
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 05:34 PM
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Scientists need to get the ball rollin with space ships and warp drives so it only takes a few days to reach different planets and galaxies.
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 02:41 AM
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Imagine if you left your fave Deep Purple tape inside the craft







Like as far as 'things that are lost forever' go, that would have to be up there
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 02:33 AM
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It's only left the solar system, but not the galaxy! Theres not much to discover. Even if you sent something farther than the Galaxy it's so huge that its impossible and we'd all be long gone before any info returned.



Thus we gotta think of new ways to retrieve information than by using satellites or conventional crafts.
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