Voyager 2 Prepares to Encounter Termination Shock

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Voyager 2 Prepares to Encounter Termination Shock

Unread post by Istik » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:20 am

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9816

Shortly after Voyager 2's 30th anniversary in space, the probe is set to achieve another milestone in its journey; it is expected to cross the termination shock in late 2007 or early 2008. The termination shock is a spherical area that surrounds the solar system where solar winds slow to subsonic speeds
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Unread post by Parrot » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:49 am

They make a probe that travels for 30 plus yeard and they can't make a longer lasting battery...
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