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CNN.com - Pioneer 10 falls silent after nearly 31 years - Feb. 25, 2003
by crankymessiah at 9:48 am EST, Feb 26, 2003 |
] LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Pioneer 10, the first
] spacecraft to venture out of the solar system, has fallen
] silent after traveling billions of miles from Earth on a
] mission that has lasted nearly 31 years, NASA said
] Tuesday.
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] What was apparently the spacecraft's last signal was
] received January 22 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
] Deep Space Network. At the time, Pioneer 10 was 7.6
] billion miles from Earth; the signal, traveling at the
] speed of light, took 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive. |
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RE: CNN.com - Pioneer 10 falls silent after nearly 31 years - Feb. 25, 2003
by logickal at 12:00 am EST, Feb 27, 2003 |
crankymessiah wrote: ] ] What was apparently the spacecraft's last signal was
] ] received January 22 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
] ] Deep Space Network. At the time, Pioneer 10 was 7.6
] ] billion miles from Earth; the signal, traveling at the
] ] speed of light, took 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive. The most signifigant LOS in history, if you look at the long view. One day, we will travel further than this and still be gathering data... Plus, it's a good lesson in relativity - Ask yourself how hold you will be in 31 years, and then consider the times and distances listed above... |
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