shadowcat1313 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 monday is the 37th birthday of Pioneer 10, which was launched March 2, 1972 http://wcg.livejournal.com/562553.html way to go brave little toaster.... happy birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 This is the one with the plaque with artwork by Linda Salzman Sagan, who was at the time married to the late Carl Sagan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 This is the one with the plaque with artwork by Linda Salzman Sagan' date=' who was at the time married to the late Carl Sagan.[/quote'] We're going to need to send out another satellite with a retraction for that picture: It shows nine planets (sorry, Pluto), and only one with rings. Still, it's pretty cool to know there's something out there that would tell future, distant civilizations that there were spacefarers here once upon a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 We're going to need to send out another satellite with a retraction for that picture: It shows nine planets (sorry, Pluto), and only one with rings. Still, it's pretty cool to know there's something out there that would tell future, distant civilizations that there were spacefarers here once upon a time. It has all the key information: where we are; what we taste like; and how to slate hideous alien lust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 But do we slate hideous alien hunger? "They're made of meat." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 But do we slate hideous alien hunger? "They're made of meat." "It's a coooookbooooook!" What's more interesting to me is the Pioneer Anomaly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 "It's a coooookbooooook!" What's more interesting to me is the Pioneer Anomaly! Ah, the answer is simple. They are approaching the containment barrier's repulsion field. When they get close enough the alien overlords will be notified that dinner has advanced enough to be tasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 Ah, the answer is simple. They are approaching the containment barrier's repulsion field. When they get close enough the alien overlords will be notified that dinner has advanced enough to be tasty So the Solar System is really just a giant pressure cooker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Re: Happy Birthday Pioneer 10 So the Solar System is really just a giant pressure cooker? Yup...a really really really big one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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