Voyager 1 days away from leaving the Solar System

[SleepingWarrior]

...wrong to plunder? billions of dollars missing, schools promised never built, haliburton contracts running a mock all thru iraq and the war itself. food ammo med supplies all contracted to haliburton and other subs.

I guess an argument could be made for advancements that have been made in artificial limbs. Still don't think any of the Mideast wars have been worth it. Especilly since now they are saying we have more energy reserves in natural gas and shale than the rest of the world.

Plunder the conquered, as in Iraqi resources like their oil.

Oh it definitely wasn't worth it Obi and you won't find me arguing such here. Just pointing out that there were a few good things that came out of this debacle.

[R.P. McMurphy]

I guess an argument could be made for advancements that have been made in artificial limbs. Still don't think any of the Mideast wars have been worth it. Especilly since now they are saying we have more energy reserves in natural gas and shale than the rest of the world.

...north dakota is booming with oil in one town. not enough housing, people living in cars and campers to get the 19 dollar an hour jobs extracting 500 billion gallons of crude.

[TaTa Toothy]

Celebrate now, because it will return in the 23rd century as V'ger looking to destroy all carbon units.

[R.P. McMurphy]

Plunder the conquered, as in Iraqi resources like their oil.

Oh it definitely wasn't worth it Obi and you won't find me arguing such here. Just pointing out that there were a few good things that came out of this debacle.

...when you invade a country kill its people, drive out and kill the countrys leader and family, then install your choice for governing factions, you plundered the country. and they plundered our country too when they poured our tax dollar surplus left behind by clinton

[SleepingWarrior]

It won't be leaving the universe for another 14,000 years depending on your definition of our universe. When stars form they form in clusters of thousands or even millions. When our sun formed it left something called an 'Oort cloud'. It won't be for thousands of years before Voyager 1 leaves that cloud. Still though it is an amazing accomplishment. Amazing what we can accomplish when we aren't busy blowing each other up and killing each other for corporate profits.

I think you may be thinking the time it'd take to reach the next nearest star. The known universe is at least 20 Billion LIGHT YEARS in diameter.

[xavier]

I think you may be thinking the time it'd take to reach the next nearest star. The known universe is at least 20 Billion LIGHT YEARS in diameter.

yea thats fucking crazy..... ever wonder what the universe is expanding into?? i mean everything has to be somewhere right?

[SleepingWarrior]

yea thats fucking crazy..... ever wonder what the universe is expanding into?? i mean everything has to be somewhere right?

Multiverse. I'll toot my own horn by saying I never could accept the concept of one universe, perhaps because I can't accept the concept of nothingness, even before these newer theories were widely disseminated and known. The only problem is proving it since seeing light from another universe that may be billions or trillions of light years away, hell maybe even on another plane of existence/reality than our own, is way beyond our capabilities.

Shit, even the empty "space" we were taught to believe isn't even empty.

[Snotty]

Pssssssssssssssssssssst.........It's coming back..
.

[xavier]

Pssssssssssssssssssssst.........It's coming back..
.

ironic that she prob had 70s bush

[922Wine]

Believe me so am I. Why we didn't just line up the oil tankers and suck the ground dry is beyond me. Probably just another pitfall of modern warfare where its wrong to plunder the conquered like was once acceptable.

Though I do believe some innovations in emergency trauma treatment have come out of the Iraq and Afghan Wars.

Right, because I'm sure that would've benefited *us*, the American taxpayers.

Because when Big Oil, Haliburton, etc., profits and destroys countries, it's because they're looking out for the American people. They really give a shit about the UNITED STATES . They're real 'merkins who really look out for real 'merkins. Yes, I'm sure "we" would've directly benefited from that theft and plundering that for whatever demented reason you cheer on knowing full-well it does nothing for the American people and only a few, wealthy multinationals actually benefit from that theft.

There's something seriously wrong with any person who supports this knowing full-well the American people foot the bill and take the risks, but see none of the profits.

Even an asshole dictator like Chavez did more to provide oil to low income Americans than any American company who'd sooner tell you to use your grandmother as kindling to stay warm than to give you a break on heating oil.

[Zyro]

Fuck yes after 35 years and 11 billion miles.. Voyager 1 is about to become the first man made object to leave the solar system

[SouthernListen]

The thing probably went on the fritz years ago and they're faking receiving signals so the program funding isn't cut. One day someone will realize the guy listening in's headphones aren't even plugged in.

[peterfonda]

and when it does there will still be no one is that jackie chair...


we are not even a grain of sand in the universe

I think you mean the Artie chair. Benjy has been in the Jackie chair for a long time now, for better or worse (mostly worse).

[bucketbuddy]

i fucking love science. they say that "the universe is made up of 4.5 percent ordinary matter, 22.7 percent dark matter, and 72.8 percent dark energy". we don't even know what's out there.

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2...tatistics?lite


and voyager 1 (don't forget voyager 2) is AMAZING science. fucker's still chugging along.

[SleepingWarrior]

and voyager 1 (don't forget voyager 2) is AMAZING science. fucker's still chugging along.

Yeah the Voyager probes and Hubble Telescope more than paid for themselves with the information they have accumulated.

[Pigsaw]

Who knows what it might find out there?



...never mind.

[Weed]

i fucking love science. they say that "the universe is made up of 4.5 percent ordinary matter, 22.7 percent dark matter, and 72.8 percent dark energy". we don't even know what's out there.

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2...tatistics?lite


and voyager 1 (don't forget voyager 2) is AMAZING science. fucker's still chugging along.

Amazing is the most overused word in the entire known universe. It is used multiple times in any given red carpet interview to describe the talents of people who recite lines while looking at cameras and other people who point to the first people and tell them to start speaking. It is spoken to convey how delicious melted cheese can be on a patty of beef. As folks on here are accustomed to, it can also be used by celebutards to talk about the way other celebutards pet puppies and kittens.

When discussing Voyager, you have finally used the word 'amazing' in a proper context. Congrats!

[bucketbuddy]

Amazing is the most overused word in the entire known universe. It is used multiple times in any given red carpet interview to describe the talents of people who recite lines while looking at cameras and other people who point to the first people and tell them to start speaking. It is spoken to convey how delicious melted cheese can be on a patty of beef. As folks on here are accustomed to, it can also be used by celebutards to talk about the way other celebutards pet puppies and kittens.

When discussing Voyager, you have finally used the word 'amazing' in a proper context. Congrats!

actually, given your name,

[bucketbuddy]

Yeah the Voyager probes and Hubble Telescope more than paid for themselves with the information they have accumulated.

don't forget the spirit and opportunity mars rovers - i think they had a 90 (martian) day life scheduled, and these guys have been going for 6 years. opportunity got stuck in the sand and was left in place, but spirit is still going.

[Dilkington]

"Mission control this is Commander Bubbles. I'm getting an NPS warning light on the link monitor control subsystem. I'm requesting reallocation to main OMS firing to CDS at level six, please advise"