inari@piefed.zip to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoVoyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening spacedaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down10
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkVoyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening spacedaily.cominari@piefed.zip to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·3 months agoYes, and there was a 175 year window for the planets to be lined up like that.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoYou mean the planets just sat there for 175 years? Wow, I really learned something new today.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoWindows to use all the gas giants for gravity slingshots in quick succession only occur every 175 years. Is that better?
Yes, and there was a 175 year window for the planets to be lined up like that.
You mean the planets just sat there for 175 years? Wow, I really learned something new today.
Windows to use all the gas giants for gravity slingshots in quick succession only occur every 175 years. Is that better?
Yes