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Govtcheez · 05-29-2005, 11:05 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/0...ace/index.html

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Barring hardware failure, Voyager I and II boast enough power and communications capability to keep radioing back to Earth until 2020, NASA says.

An exchange on another board I go to sums up my feelings here

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Is there a word for the feeling you get when you think about how this thing will still be hurtling through space a million years after the last human being kicks off, complete with 'WE WERE HERE' sign and a recording?

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"Awe" works for me.

Jez · 05-29-2005, 12:06 PM

"Pointless" seems to fit the bill quite well too... Or perhaps I'm getting cynical.

Govtcheez · 05-29-2005, 03:05 PM

Pointless?

Yeah, you're right, astronomy's pretty worthless. I'm glad you could fill the rest of us in.

Brian · 05-29-2005, 04:17 PM

hehe

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Voyager II, which observed Uranus

BobMcGee123 · 05-29-2005, 04:49 PM

I wonder how aliens have sex.

Not mexicans the green guys!

05-29-2005, 12:06 PM	#2
Jez The C-er Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 186	"Pointless" seems to fit the bill quite well too... Or perhaps I'm getting cynical.
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05-29-2005, 03:05 PM	#3
Govtcheez Mayor of Awesometown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MI Posts: 8,826	Pointless? Yeah, you're right, astronomy's pretty worthless. I'm glad you could fill the rest of us in. __________________ -Govtcheez govtcheez03@hotmail.com
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