Voyager 1 officialy exits the Solar System

[sealybobo]

To be sure, the Oort Cloud is just a hypothetical object which has never been observed. Actually, the definition NASA is using for the outer solar boundary is that point where one passes the bow shock of the Sun--- the point where the outer pressure from the solar wind becomes indistinguishable from the various random passing intergalactic objects and forces which apply.

The Oort Cloud is what they call the boundary you are referring to. There’s no question this outer solar boundary exists.

I wonder which ways they sent voyages 1 and 2? Did they send them towards two of our closest stars? That’d be cool

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

There’s no question this outer solar boundary exists.

Any boundary drawn using the Oort cloud would be completely arbitrary.

 

[sealybobo]

Any boundary drawn using the Oort cloud would be completely arbitrary.

Because we don’t know exactly where it starts and ends? Sure but it’s there right?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Because we don’t know exactly where it starts and ends? Sure but it’s there right?

Right, it's like deciding where Jupiter starts and ends. You pick an arbitrary line.

But no, actually, we are not sure the Oort cloud exists, as described in the theory.

 

[sealybobo]

Right, it's like deciding where Jupiter starts and ends. You pick an arbitrary line.

But no, actually, we are not sure the Oort cloud exists, as described in the theory.

Crazy how little we know. I bumped a thread about this from 2012. These voyages haven’t gone very far in 13 years..

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Crazy how little we know. I bumped a thread about this from 2012. These voyages haven’t gone very far in 13 years..

On the cosmic scale? They haven't even moved.

 

[ReinyDays]

On the cosmic scale? They haven't even moved.

On a solar system scale, they are slow ...

"Earth’s motion around the sun is faster than the motion of the Voyager spacecraft. Earth moves through space at a speed of 67,000 miles per hour (30 km/s). Voyager 1 moves at a speed of 38,210 miles per hour (17 km/s). Voyager 2 moves at a speed of 35,000 miles per hour (15 km/s)." -- EarthSky -- Mar 23rd, 2023

About 0.01% of the speed of light ... about 50,000 years to the closest star ...

 

[sealybobo]

On a solar system scale, they are slow ...

"Earth’s motion around the sun is faster than the motion of the Voyager spacecraft. Earth moves through space at a speed of 67,000 miles per hour (30 km/s). Voyager 1 moves at a speed of 38,210 miles per hour (17 km/s). Voyager 2 moves at a speed of 35,000 miles per hour (15 km/s)." -- EarthSky -- Mar 23rd, 2023

About 0.01% of the speed of light ... about 50,000 years to the closest star ...

What's crazy is it looks like it's drifting slowly. You're telling me it's going 38,000 mph? Holy shit!

 

[ReinyDays]

What's crazy is it looks like it's drifting slowly. You're telling me it's going 38,000 mph? Holy shit!

We need 17,000 mph just to get into low Earth orbit ... 95% of the cost of going to the Moon was the Saturn V rocket, which only lasted the first 7 minutes ... 2 minute video ...

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

What's crazy is it looks like it's drifting slowly. You're telling me it's going 38,000 mph? Holy shit!

Or it's gong 0 mph, depending on your perspective.

 

[sealybobo]

Or it's gong 0 mph, depending on your perspective.

What if I rolled down the window and peeked out?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

What if I rolled down the window and peeked out?

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According to reports, Voyager 1 is a very good boy, maybe the bestest boy, in the whole solar system.

 

[sealybobo]

According to reports, Voyager 1 is a very good boy, maybe the bestest boy, in the whole solar system.

You have some Oort cloud in your teeth.

 

[toobfreak]

Earth’s motion around the sun is faster than the motion of the Voyager spacecraft. Earth moves through space at a speed of 67,000 miles per hour (30 km/s).

As it should be moving considering that the Earth is like a ball weighing 6 X 10^21st power tons connected to the Sun by a string 93 million miles long whirling about it space--- if the Earth were to move any slower, it would fall into the Sun's gravity.

 

[sealybobo]

According to reports, Voyager 1 is a very good boy, maybe the bestest boy, in the whole solar system.

In 1950 they asked "if alien life is so probable, where is everyone? Why haven't aliens colonized the galaxy?"

3.5 billion years ago life began on earth

Complex life evolved 1.5 billion years ago

20 million years mammals got smarter.

2 million years ago 1 ape learned how to make tools and fire and they showed the rest of us

6000 years we formed civilizations that passed on the knowledge we gained from generation to generation.

60 years we have been exploring space

There should be 100,000 advanced civilizations in our galaxy alone.

I think they are stuck on their planets like we are ours.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

In 1950 they asked "if alien life is so probable, where is everyone? Why haven't aliens colonized the galaxy?"

3.5 billion years ago life began on earth

Complex life evolved 1.5 billion years ago

20 million years mammals got smarter.

2 million years ago 1 ape learned how to make tools and fire and they showed the rest of us

6000 years we formed civilizations that passed on the knowledge we gained from generation to generation.

60 years we have been exploring space

There should be 100,000 advanced civilizations in our galaxy alone.

I think they are stuck on their planets like we are ours.

And maybe intelligent civilizations destroying themselves with tech before they can get to space traveling is the norm.

 

[Meathead]

And maybe intelligent civilizations destroying themselves with tech before they can get to space traveling is the norm.

HTF would you know?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

HTF would you know?

I dont. That's what the simple English word "maybe" means, son.

Slow down, you're rabid.

 

[Meathead]

I dont. That's what the simple English word "maybe" means, son.

Slow down, you're rabid.

HTF would you know?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

HTF would you know?

Know what? Use your big boy words.