If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:30 pm

How long for "never leaving home"?
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Jason » Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:17 am

Shiit. Voyager is in the Delta quadrant dude! We needz wormhole.
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:34 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:...Don't forget to figure in that you'll be going uphill in the gravity well.
And that really does make a staggering difference. If you input into the BBC's calculator the speed achieved by the Helios spacecraft (252,792 km/h) whilst traveling down into the Sun's gravity well; it turns out you'd cover the distance to Voyager 1 in 8 years!
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:44 am

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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:...Don't forget to figure in that you'll be going uphill in the gravity well.
And that really does make a staggering difference. If you input into the BBC's calculator the speed achieved by the Helios spacecraft (252,792 km/h) whilst traveling down into the Sun's gravity well; it turns out you'd cover the distance to Voyager 1 in 8 years!
Well, that's gravity for you. :hehe:
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Rum » Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:20 am

Its a grave matter.
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:23 am

Gravy, it's not just a good idea, it's the law!
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Rum » Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:16 pm

There's no ignoring the law of gravy. It'll drag you down if you try to.
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Re: If you wanted to catch up with Voyager

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:45 pm

Rum wrote:There's no ignoring the law of gravy. It'll drag you down if you try to.
Biscuits are positive, gravy's negative, and they are very attractive! :food:
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