Voyager1 leaves the solar wind behind

[SupremeSpod]

I seriously doubt that there can be anything living on that remote, forbidding planet

You are Richard Burton and I claim my £5. Btw, what was Elisabeth Taylor like in bed?

[KentPhilip]

Voyager1 has travelled to a point where the inter stellar wind is stronger than the solar wind. incredible

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[EternalOptimist]

Already done that with all the junk that's been put on Mars.

The Martians are not happy.

I seriously doubt that there can be anything living on that remote, forbidding planet

[Spacecadet]

• whatever comes next

Establish persistent, self sustaining life on another body in space (even if it is just a bacterial colony)

[RichardCranium]

he's already done this one

In the grand scheme of things, I think it warrants a global holiday, never mind just two threads.

It is a huge, monumental achievement for not just humanity but for life on Earth.

√ Flight (some hundreds of millions of years ago)
√ Achieve escape velocity (that's so last century, dahling)
√ Get an artificial object into orbit
√ Have a life form visit another body in space
√ Get an artificial object outside the Sun's influence
• whatever comes next

[EternalOptimist]

aggh

apologies to TW

he's already done this one

[EternalOptimist]

Voyager1 has travelled to a point where the inter stellar wind is stronger than the solar wind. incredible



Voyager1 leaves the solar wind behind