Farewell Voyager 1...

[3113]

...and god speed.

*sniff*

 

[Handley_Page]

Another step in space.
Here's hoping V2 will send back some more stuff.

 

[StrangeLife]

Don't worry. It will be back in search of it's creator sometime after stardate 7410...

 

[TE999]

Still recording data on an 8-track tape too.

 

[Handley_Page]

Still recording data on an 8-track tape too.

I wonder if there's a 1970s car to play it on ?

 

[TxRad]

I wonder if there's a 1970s car to play it on ?

I've got one in my old stereo system that still works.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Oh, long before then some trillionaire space mogul will dispatch a warp ship and go fetch it back to hang in a place of honor in his private orbital station. This 'antique' will allow him to swank all over his jealous friends who can't display anything more impressive than bits and pieces of moon landers.

 

[Handley_Page]

Oh, long before then some trillionaire space mogul will dispatch a warp ship and go fetch it back to hang in a place of honor in his private orbital station. This 'antique' will allow him to swank all over his jealous friends who can't display anything more impressive than bits and pieces of moon landers.

I think we'd be well (or better) off getting rid of some of the crap that's whizzing round our planet at present. Some of it might make a good entry in a museum.

 

[slyc_willie]

I think we'd be well (or better) off getting rid of some of the crap that's whizzing round our planet at present. Some of it might make a good entry in a museum.

Some of it has already made a "good entry" . . . but just got burned up on the way to the museum

 

[Handley_Page]

Some of it has already made a "good entry" . . . but just got burned up on the way to the museum

These transport organisations; you just cannot trust them, can ya ?

 

[TxRad]

These transport organisations; you just cannot trust them, can ya ?

A bunch of hot air, all of them.

 

[MSTarot]

I think we'd be well (or better) off getting rid of some of the crap that's whizzing round our planet at present. Some of it might make a good entry in a museum.

I had an idea awhile back regarding this. Instead of decommissioning all the shuttles I wished NASA had left one up in orbit. It could have resupplied at the International space station every few weeks, months whatever.

A small device similar to a ROV like they use underwater could have been outfitted with gas thrusters to allow it to work in space. There is enough 'junk' whizzing by over head that NASA has to keep constant check on to have keep a rotating crews busy for years.

Would have been very good training for some of the things needed for future habitation building. Would have taken care of a problem that exists and yet taken almost no new equipment.

Also having it up there would have been a nice safety backup for the space station.

On the same vein I think NASA should test the space suits for exploring Mars by cleaning all the old climbing gear off of Mount Everest. There is tons of it left by climbers every year and it's toodangerous to go get most of it.

There is a lot of similar topography, weather conditions, and above a certain level oxygen levels. Just going there would be a mission similar to a Mars landing as well.

A good testing area and a job that needs to be done.

 

[johneb87]

It will return to Earth sometime on stardate 7414.1 to speak with "The Creator".......or will be used as target practice by Klingons.