Read the Washington Post Article, Voyager 1 turns 35: A story of interstellar travel, romance and a Golden Record, about Voyager 1 and its journey into interstellar space.
After providing your reaction to the article, discuss what you think may ultimately happen to Voyager 1 as it leaves our solar system.
What do you think are the chances it may eventually be detected by other life forms? Why do you think this?
After providing your reaction to the article, discuss what you think may ultimately happen to Voyager 1 as it leaves our solar system.
What do you think are the chances it may eventually be detected by other life forms? Why do you think this?
I think it's really cool how no matter how far the Voyager gets away from earth, the signal strength is so strong that the pictures reach us. Pretty good for something made in the 70's.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite photo is number 8 since it shows earth with many other planets.
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I really thought the pictures were interesting. I was impressed that something created in the 70's was able to take pictures that well and that the earth was able to receive the pictures. I think it will eventually be detected by other life forms if there are any out there. I think this because there has to be other forms of life in the universe.
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ReplyDeleteThe pictures and captions in this article fascinate me. The fact that the voyager has traveled so far for so long seems to defy everything I knew about space travel and our own creations in space. The photos are so stunning, it's hard to grasp that a man-made object is in the presence of such awe-inspiring planets and stars. With that said, I have to say that the part of the article that says the Voyager is equipped with the ability to appeal to other forms of intelligent life through "multilingual greetings" is humorous. The thought that intelligent life so many miles away from Earth could possibly understand any form of language that we have on Earth is preposterous to me. I don't think it will find any intelligent life forms in our solar system, although I have not ruled out the possibility of the existence of additional intelligent life. The primary reason I think it will not find intelligent life is that I feel like detecting it would be more complex then just capturing a picture, or the intelligent life approaching the Voyager. However, you can never say never, and part of me has an innate desire for us to discover that we are not alone, and that the universe does not center around humans and our very being - contrary to popular belief.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed at the photos and how detailed they were, and the exact knowledge we have of what they appear to look like. It makes me wonder how many satellites we have roaming around in space taking those pictures. Its unbelievable how we have the technology to take such clear pictures at great distances and still be able to get them all the way from space back to earth.
ReplyDelete- Carly Schreiner
This is awesome I had no idea that we had an unmanned craft that was 18 billion miles away. Although the idea of leaving the solar system is cool, I am not sure if the Voyager would still work if it left. Would it be pulled into another solar system or just float off into the abyss? If it does make it though the possibilities could be endless. Maybe we could even find something that could help us on Earth, for instance in the medical field. However, I was disappointed to see that the cameras had turned off. If there is other life past the solar system, how will we ever be able to be 100% sure.It is surprising that the Voyagers have lasted for 35 years too. Lastly, if any life finds this our music is going to be a little outdated!
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty amazing that the voyager has lasted this long and for as far away as it is i don't see how the signal strength is strong enough to receive the pictures from earth with it being eighteen billion miles away. My favorite picture is picture two because it shows that it is the farthest man made thing from the earth. I'm curious to whats going to happen to the voyager when it leaves the solar system what will happen to it to it and the other cool things it will take pictures of that we've never seen before...
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This is remarkable how long this unmanned craft has ventured out into the depths of the universe. I think it is amazing how its traveled 18 billion miles from Earth in 35 years. My favorite photo was number 8 because its shows practically the whole solar system and it is really cool. I'm very interested in what else it will discover in our huge universe.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting I had no clue we had a thing like this in our solar system, so far away and for so long. It amazes me that the voyager 1 and 2 has survived all the obstacles the universe has like the gravitational pulls of all the stars and planets. Hopefully maybe we can find life on another planets with the remarkable picture taking abilities NASA has engineered.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was really groovy how they have discs containing things from earth like music and pictures from earth. With how far the voyager has gotten from earth it'd be really cool if some intelligent life that could actually decipher these things would find it. Plus i think its fun how much technology has been able to do and it really rad how much more it can prosper and allow us to find out more. space is cool.
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I think there is a low chance of the voyager 1 space craft getting detected because we haven't been able to find any living life forms in our solar system and because if it were to be seen by other life forms you would need to find more about it then just having like a picture of it going around our solar system.
ReplyDeleteI think the Voyager 1 and 2 are way cool! The fact that we've been able to see the universe close up for as long as we have is simply awesome! Eventually, it should get absorbed into another galaxy, which should be really exciting! I also wonder why it hasn't been sucked down onto a planet due to it's gravitational pull. All in all, I look forward to seeing outside our solar system when the voyagers finally exit the solar system, so we can finally see our neighbor systems as close as we can see ours.
ReplyDelete-Brad Melville
I thought the article was interesting and the pictures backed up what they were saying. The video provided helped me better understand the article. I think that when Voyager 1 leaves our solar system it will just wander around in space and eventually cease to function, because no one will be there to keep it going. I don't think there is a very high chance of Voyager 1 being detected by other life, because I think the universe is so vast that it will probably never come in contact with other life if it's out there, but it would definitely interesting if it did.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that such an amazing feat was accomplished in 1977 is amazing and just leaves me wondering exactly what we can accomplish today with current technology. I had no clue that we even had a satellite that can explore such vast distances. The article said that we didn't even know that Uranus had rings until 1977 when the Voyager 1 took pictures of the rings. Such discoveries should mean that there are more mysteries to be uncovered and more amazing feats to be accomplished. Also, if nuclear power can sustain such a machine for over 30 years, it also makes me wonder why we aren't using nuclear energy more. If we want to test out alternate energy sources, it may be a good idea to implement them in future satellites and could make for a large step in solving the global energy issue. I don't believe that the Voyager is sophisticated enough to discover alternate life forms, but perhaps future satellies could be equipped with the proper technology to accomplish the task. Hopefully the future is bright for space exploration!
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I think the picture that were taken are very interesting. The detail in the picture were very interesting. PLenty of people believe that there is intellligent life out there. I believe that there is more life out there, considering how large and evere xpanding our galaxy and universe is. i Hope that we find other living organisms in our galaxy.
ReplyDeleteAll of the pictures on the article are very fascinating. Its so cool science in the 1970's still works today and with that said, I really wish with our technology we would be able to explore even more of our Solar System, and try to fully understand the marvels of our galaxy.
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ReplyDeleteThe fact that the Voyager 1 is still going amazes me. For something to not go wrong throughout the 35 years of its existence speaks to the fact of how perfectly it was designed. While the Voyager has taught us many things about the universe, I do not think it will find other life forms. While I do not rule out the possibility of alternate life forms, the odds of them being intelligent enough to detect the Voyager are highly unlikely. The life forms would also have to be close enough to the Voyager's path to detect it. Too many things would have to line up for this to happen, which is why I believe it will not.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me that a spacecraft could travel so far for so long. It is interesting how the fuel for the craft, Hydrazine, can be use for so long. 30,000 miles per gallon in zero gravity space sounds pretty fuel efficient. The pictures that Voyager 1 & 2 have taken are breathe taking. I have never seen anything so cool.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the pictures were actually pretty cool. It's crazy how Voyager 1 and 2 are able to travel into space and capture those photographs. It's crazy how far away the satellites are from us, yet they are still able to retrieve information and photographs for us. I think that this is a big step in trying to discover more about the universe around us, outside of Earth. Espically at the rate technology is advancing today, there's no telling what's to come in the next few years or decades. My favorite picture is the one of Saturn because Saturn has always been my favorite planet and the rings look really cool! What amazes me the most about this article and these pictures are that they come from something that was invented in 1977, and they are still as high quality as they are.
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DeleteIts amazing and sort of mind blowing to think that we as humans created a vehicle that could travel so far and for so long through space. Its really cool to think that something created in the 70s is still working today and is expected to work for more years to come. I wonder with today's technology if we could create another vehicle like Voyager that would last even longer and travel even farther to gain more knowledge about the universe. I think it would be cool if we did because there is so much space we don't know everything abut and it'd be cool to find out. The pictures that the Voyager took are also really cool and id like to see more. But the coolest thing to me, is that the voyager has that disk on there with music, pictures, greetings, and sounds from all over the Earth because i do believe that somewhere in the universe there is other life and its awesome that we are sharing things from our planet with them if we do find other life. After Voyager leaves our solar system i kind of think we will lose contact with it just because it would be so far away but i think it will continue to travel deeper and deeper into space and hopefully encounter other life forms. Now the likely hood of that happening is very low because we have never seen any evidence of there being other life forms.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, picture 2 is the hardest one to grasp because- quite literally- it shows how far we've come. We're claiming these pictures as the pinnacle of our technological advancements even though The Voyager I was constructed in the 70's. It begs the question where are we now? What are we getting ready to send off into space? It's incredible; an unmanned space craft nearing interstellar space, the end of our solar system, considering it has been fueling itself for almost 35 years. I don't understand how the quality of the pictures have remained so clear and unaffected by static after 18 billion miles. I am really surprised that there are discs of greetings and pictures in case of necesary communication between some kind of life form other than ours. It's exciting; taking chances on the possibility of finding something out there.
ReplyDeleteThe things shown from the camera in outer space are surprising clear and interesting. I think once the Voyager is out of our galaxy we won't have connections with it anymore. I think the signal will be lost. However, before it is out of our galaxy, i think it could capture other life forms. In the article it says that it does have gold plates containing multilingual greetings, pictures and music, for in the off chance a smart species comes across them.
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The pictures were very iteresting. It is amazing how detailed and real the pictures looked as if an artist painted them to what they thought the solar system looked like. It is amazing to think that this technology was invented almost 40 years ago and it can produce outcomes like this. It makes me wonder how technology has advanced so much today and what we are capable of to help us learn more about our galaxy. Reading this article, The Voyager blew my mind because the things it managed was incredible. It makes me wonder though now that the cameras on it are turned off, what will we do with it now? will it continue to be apart of our galaxy? or will it just float farther and farther away from us? If other people find this space technology what will they think of the discs? The music and picture will be a little outdated and I am curious myself to see what it contains. Because The Voyager ran on nuclear energy for so long this seems like it was a good first experiment to use this kind of energy on. Maybe this will lead to the use of more nuclear energy as an alternative fuel rather than oil and such. I am excited to find more articles like this to be able to compare how far space exploration has come.
ReplyDeleteI think the the pictures on the article were all really cool. I find it incredible how they show so much detail. I believe that there could be other life somewhere out there because our universe is so big. I hope that one day we are able to find proof of this.
ReplyDeletei find it really interesting and cool how the Voyager 1 and 2 are both approaching their 35th year to be out roaming the depths of space. it's remarkable for these machines to be venturing out futher and gathering more information than scientists are capable of doing. It's also interesting because when the Voyager was created, they were placed with gold-plated chips that held multiple different aspects to human life, so incase if there was any life outside somewhere deep in space, we could try to communicate in someway with them. I believe that after Voyager 1 leaves our solar system, it will continue to do the same that it has been doing, which is sending us useful information that we can use to continue to explore our universe. i believe, because our universe is still unexplored in many areas, there's a possibility that the Voyager 1, will at some point detect some other life form out in the universe.
ReplyDeleteVoyager's 1 and 2 are pretty crazy, the fact that they have traveled so for so long and they still havent made it outside the influence of our sun. I just wonder what more we could send up there if we were to do it now. Our technology is 100 times better than what it was back then we could do so much more. When the Voyagers were on there way they probably missed so much information because they didn't have the technology on board to collect it all. I think that there's a 50-50 chance that it will discover alternate life forms. I believe that there are life forms out there, but the universe is so big we would need to be lucky to come in contact with them.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that this was done in 1997 shocks me. It leaves me asking what we are going to be able to do in the near future with our technology today. The pictures back up and represent what the article is talking about well. Eventually im sure that the Voyager is going to get sucked into another Galaxy, black hole or whatever may be out there. I hope one day we find other living organisms, not just like germs but things we can actually communicate with and learn about, and learn from. I am very excited to see things outside our solar system and hope it happens sooner than later.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to me how Voyager 1 and 2 have gotten so far away from the earth, how far technology has come. I had no idea that we had a space-craft 18 billion miles away. I cannot believe they have continued working for 35 years, going all around our solar system. It is hard for my mind to even grasp how far away that is from earth and even harder to imagine how much more is out there. All of these pictures interest me but the second picture looking back at the earth is unbelievable. We are so small compared to everything in the universe. Here on Earth it seems everyone believes we are big and important but in reality we are very insignificant. Another picture that fascinates me is the eighth picture because it shows multiple planets and their moons. I obviously do not know what is going to happen to these voyagers when they go into “interstellar space” but I do not believe that they will be able to survive once outside our galaxy. If voyager 1 continues to detect things once out of our solar system that would be very exciting for us. I think there will always be mysteries of the universe that we do not understand or even know about but maybe Voyager 1 will uncover some of the mysteries of the universe.
ReplyDeleteVoyager 1 has traveled the farthest of any man made object. After Launch the Voyager has turned 35 and it will celebrate its birthday August 20th. It is astounding to think that this space craft has been traveling for 35 years approaching the heliopause, which is the the boundary between the suns solar winds and the interstellar medium. Its crazy how the made the trusters for the Voyager work by using hydrazine. It gets 30,000 miles to the gallon. Both crafts are expected to last much longer and be able to go much farther through space. Once the Voyager reaches the end of our solar system it will either continue to go until it is sucked up by a black hole or crashes into a star. Im not sure how i feel about it being detected by other life forms because we have never been outside our solar system so we aren't sure if there are signs of life outside the system. The pictures are very eye catching and it shows us sides of plants we cant see from earth, like the dark side of saturn. We find out new things about our solar system all the time, hopefully we can find out something about things outside of our solar system.
ReplyDeleteIts crazy seeing the earth as a dot in the pictures, i forget how small we are compared to the rest of space. Hopefully the cameras survive going deeper into space, if so, theres no doubt theyll find the aliens, they cant hide foreveer, and mybe these cameras will take more pictures even deeper in space and help us learn more.
ReplyDeleteThe photos immediately caught my attention, to think we had technology that advanced in the 70's blew my mind. I think we should launch even more voyagers in different directions to see what really is out there considering what we've learned from the two already out there. GO SPACE.
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ReplyDeleteHappy 35th birthday Voyager 1! It is quite interesting to know that we have a spacecraft that is 18 billion miles away still invesitgating the mysteries of our solar system. The pictures that were taken by the craft were very cool; I had no idea that there were active volcanoes on other planets in our solar system. It saddens me that the camera has been turned off on the spacecraft. This makes me wonder if there really is other life and maybe there is a government conspiracy and they don't want us to know about it. I'm not totally sure what will happen when then Voyager leaves our solar system but I hope we can stay in contact with it. I think the chance of us finding life is quite small because the nearest galaxy is some number of light years away and I doubt there would be life-forms randomly floating in the voids of intergalactic space. Maybe one day we will find other life, but I doubt we'll still be around.
ReplyDeleteEven the very first picture is so captivating. The rings on Saturn are so sharp and the picture is so clear. Since the Voyager is now said to be heading towards the "fringes of the solar system" so it will be very interesting to see the pictures that come about from that journey, especially since I don't have a very good idea of what exactly the outside of the universe looks like. From Voyager 1, our entire world that seems so, so large to us, appears as just a speck, as if it is almost nonexistent. It is almost eerie to see our existence portrayed as microscopic as it is in the second photograph.
ReplyDeleteLoki sort of altered my idea of what a volcano is. We (or at least I) picture a brown and red erupting lump in the midst of a blue and green earth, while here on Io the picture shows almost the exact opposite. Io is several shades of red and it seems that its volcanic eruption is blue and glowing. I think its very interesting that it is the reverse of our volcanoes.
The fifth picture, a shot of Saturn, is completely different than the first one. The first picture is black and white which would seem like the obvious difference between the two, but also you are able to see the different parts of Saturn's rings: layered colors that remind me somewhat of a rainbow. The first picture has Saturn's rings looking gaseous and transparent but in the second, the same rings look thick and full. Though the angles and lighting slightly alter the planet's appearance, neither fail to show how mystical space and every creation in it are.
I'm very curious to know what the artist who supplied the 7th picture drew from. I wonder if he or she listened to astronaut's personal accounts, conducted research, or simply looked at a picture and went from there. The intricate details and precise definition make the photo so beautiful and real.
The montage is a great way to put all the planets in perspective and tie it all together. Too often we forget that there is so much outside of our state, country, Earth. Though I know the picture is just a montage and not a real photograph, it's still a bit, freaky, for lack of a better word, to look at. All the planets are so different and gorgeous. Having them next to each other shows me what's going on in the universe and allows me to compare them to each other.
The technology NASA has and utilizes blows my mind. We have come so far in space discovery and in all aspects. It's so incredible the unmanned Voyagers are floating around in space somewhere and we have the ability to see exactly the unearthly surroundings they are surrounded by.
-Courtney Echerd
It is simply amazing to see how we built something so unique to travel so far away from earth. Their are many things that could happen to this is that it can either crach into a star or possibly be sucked up by a block hole. But thier are chances that it may not. I am interested to see what it may find or discover since we have never been that far into our universe from earth. Since their are many different thing that could hapen i believe thhat we are deffinitly going to see some very eye oppening things. There is also a possiblitly that this may acomplish nothing but it would still be cool to see about how for a man made object traveled from earth. Im not sure if we will ever come across another form of life but if we did i think it would be awesome and open my mind up to many different things.
ReplyDeleteI found the article very insightful. It's truly amazing that man has made something that has traveled so far. I think the chances are very low that Voyager 1 finds any form of intelligent life simply because of how vast the universe is. I also think that one day it is possible we may make contact with intelligent life, but if it is anytime soon they would make contact with us because we don't have the technology to travel that far in space in a reasonable amount of time.
ReplyDeleteI think Voyager 1 and 2 were such a great scientific breakthrough and its pretty ligit that were were able to take photos and make discoveries through the voyagers.
ReplyDeleteVoyager I is such a cool concept! I wonder how long voyager will last/have signal, because it can't have signal forever can it? It would be interesting to see just how far it will go. It's also very cool to see earth as a tiny dot, and see pictures of all the planets that voyager took.
ReplyDeleteThe part of the article that really stuck in my mind is the fact that inside of the Voyager 1 are gold plated discs full of music and pictures and greetings. I don't think we'll have see edvidence of intelligent life just because of how vast our universe is.It'll be intersting to see how much and for how long the Voyager can continue to transmit images back to Earth.
ReplyDeleteFor the Voyager to have traveled to the outer edges of our solar system, is a testimony to the progress NASA and other space organizations have made. This piece of man made machinery has survived space travel for 35 years and is still going to continue its' journey out of our solar system. The chances that the Voyager makes it through our solar system and is discovered by other life forms, are slim to none. We don't even know if there are other life forms in this universe, so to assume that this satellite would be discovered is crazy. I do believe it will make it out of the universe in one piece, but the transmission will most likely operate incorrectly.
ReplyDeleteI thought this article was very interesting to read. I had heard of the two Voyager spacecrafts before but did not know how much information we received from them. The thing I found most interesting was the high quality of the pictures taken by the spacecrafts as well as the distance they have traveled. It is so cool to think of how far the Voyagers can travel if they are already on the out skirts of our solar system. At the same time, it makes me wonder what else we will discover because of these machines because they will not last forever but they could potentially reveal things about the outside of our solar system that we have not yet discovered. This article makes me want to pursue more research about the topic and follow the Voyagers' journey into our universe to see what other interesting things they find.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Its hard to believe that this thing has been floating out in space for 35 years! If only the camera was still working. I remember the article talking about how Voyager was close to the edge of the universe. Thats amazing that something manmade could travel that far. As far as what will happen as it leaves the solar system. I'm not sure if anything will happen too it besides it losing power and succumbing to the next gravitational thing that it comes across. I am not sure whether any type of intelligent life will pick it up, or even be able to see what is on it and be able to understand it. Simply because of what we already know about the space surrounding our solar system. We already know that there isn't life anywhere close to us. But maybe hundreds of years from now when it is very far away, it will come across a planet with life.
ReplyDeleteIt's so fascinating that we've created something in space that has lasted for 35 years. The images Voyager 1 and 2 have captured are stunning and without the creation of Voyager 1 and 2 we would never be able to see them. I'm curious as to how long it took to build Voyager 1 and 2 and how we were able to put it into space. Considering its about the size of a car I can imagine that building it would of taken years and figuring out how to put it in space so it can last for a long time must of been challenging.
ReplyDeleteIt's really amazing to me that we had the kind of technology to travel that far into space 35 years ago. I also can't believe how we were able to keep Voyager 1 and 2 powered this long into the future. It makes me wonder how far we have come in 35 years and what kind of technology we have now. Knowledge about the universe around us may eventually become an important tool to human survival. The article makes me curious about what knowledge we will have gained about our galaxy and other galaxies in another 35 years. Also, reading the comments above, I see many people saying that we won't find other life in the universe, etc. I disagree. I don't think we will find other life within our life spans, but I think future generations will be able to. That could be in 100 years, or 10,000, but with the way that technology and human knowledge has progressed so quickly within the last 50 years, I would be shocked if we couldn't find life outside of our "Pale Blue Dot."
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ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to know that the voyager I has gone about 18 billion miles from the sun since Sept. 5 of 1997
ReplyDelete(the farthest any man made object has gone). One of the questions that is wondered is "How far will it go?" considering that it is the farthest object to ever leave Earth, it raises the question on just how far will it continue to "float" through space at 35,000 miles per hour. The technology used on the aboard the Voyager is amazing, the storage capacity is "less than that of the smallest iPod" that's thousands of pictures from 1997 to present on such a small piece of technology. It's surreal to know that something has gone that far into space, and it will be interesting to know what new picture (planet, galaxy, star etc.) it will take next.
To think we built this amazing instrument 35 years ago is quite mind blowing. These pictures are so clear and crisp providing us with a product that we are unable to see through our own eyes. The Voyagers technology was well advanced beyond its years when it was built which was in 1977 and we still use it today. I don't think that it will be taken by other life forms because there are not other intelligent life forms like us in our universe, so i think.
ReplyDeleteWow the term "time fly's when your having fun" really plays out in this article. Its fascinating/spell bounding to even think about such a magnificent piece of machinery at work. 35 years is a long time for something in space to even exist its older than my dog! These captivating photos really capture the curiosity of the human race and space exploration. Its hard to imagine something that you cant, we wouldnt paint pictures of the rings around saturn if it wasnt for this amazing hunk of metal. People take space for granted, it could be one of the most fascinating ideals ever known to man. The clarity of the photos is amazing!!! I cant wait to be an astronaut!
ReplyDeleteThis article of the voyager is really amazing.The photos are even better. I think the pictures really show how the space life is. The photos have great detail and show really nice view of each planet. I also think its amazing how we have technology to stay in space for 35 years! I believe that we will not be able to detect other life forms, because we do not have technology to get that close to some planets. But if we do upgrade our technology it is a possibility that we will find other life forms. If we were to do so, that would be EXTRAORDINARY!
ReplyDeleteI think it's so superb that we have created this car length voyager that is able to navigate around the universe and give us a new intellect knowledge so we can engage in new technology and gain a new insight and perspective of our universe. This is the turning point for us to make new discoveries about the universe and possibly find new intellegent life. It's really cool to see such great quality pictures of our universe so we are able to know the exact placement and colors of which our universe consists of and of which we are living around.
ReplyDeleteI thought the article was very interesting. The pictures were awesome, I've never seen pictures like that before. It amazed me that the Voyagers (1 & 2) are still able to stay up and running for so many years and provide such great insight on space. I think that the Voyager will make it to another solar system but it'll take longer than we think. I feel that there is some chance, yet it may be slight, that it will find other intellectual life on another planet. Although even if we do I think it'll be impossible for the other life form to even come into contact with is since we are so far away.
ReplyDeleteI think its so interesting how the voyagers are able to see planets and moons that are not able to be seen on earth. What interested me the most was the picture of Jupiter’s moons(picture 8). Its fascinating to know that the voyagers are better at developing pictures and data than the scientists on earth. I feel that if Voyager 1 were able to leave the solar system then there might be a small chance of a new life form finding it but its still a big step for technology because we get access to the things in our universe that we would have never known about without the Voyagers. Its pretty cool to discover new things that our in our solar system without having to travel out there.
ReplyDeleteThat article was very interesting. I had no idea that Uranus' rings were made of anything other than gas, but to find out that they actually contain organic material blows my mind. As voyager 1 leaves our solar system I think it will stay in tact, but after a certain point we will not be able to receive pictures anymore. If there is another life form intelligent enough to communicate I don't think it would be able to find earth anyways, but if they could that would be super cool.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I find this article fastening, I am a little disappointed about the fact that the cameras had stopped working decades ago, and that the picture that was in the slideshow was digital and not real. As to what might happen when Voyager I leaves our Solar System, I believe that it will continue going until it picked up by the gravity in another solar system, or it will continue moving for eternity to its momentum. I do not believe that it will be picked up by ET's due to the fact that we have no physical evidence that shows that there may be more things that have developed past single cell organisms on other planets/moons.
ReplyDeleteI think the voyager is a really cool space craft. The fact that it has travelled over billions of miles is amazing. Voyager 1 is reaching the outskirts of the solar system. Hopefully it will saty intact wherever it goes, and still be able to send us pictures from anywhere in the universe. I'm waiting to see if we recieve any pictures of other life forms, and hopefully be able to communicate with them somehow. Both the voyagers are finding out many fascinating things, and will continue to make discoveries the benefit the human race.
ReplyDeletethe most interesting part was the fact that the voyager was made in 1977 and has lasted this long, surviving off nuclear power. I found it funny that we put discs on the voyagers containing information, as if extraterrestrial lifeforms will have laptops or even the ability to know what they are. For all we know they might think its a present from god and worship the discs. I think there is a possibility that the voyagers will be found by other life, if they don't crash into anything first. Regardless, that wouldn't happen for millions of years considering the sheer distance between us and anything else.
ReplyDeleteThe Voyager seems pretty legit. It's gone so far away from the sun, and it's interseting to see what it could possibly find in the universe. It's also pretty interseting to think what will happen to it when it leaves our universe. I personally think it will get picked up by another solar system's gravitational pull.
ReplyDeleteReally cool!I wish that the cameras were still active on it, though. The pictures that it did take are fantastic and it's amazing that there are huge planets that humans can only see. I hope that one day we can visit them (I know it probably won't be any time in our lives, but that will be an amazing step for mankind). I'm not sure how extraterrestrials will play the golden records that we've put into the space craft, nor do I know if any other intelligent life will find it, but at least it's out there as an open invitation.
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ReplyDeleteThis article was pretty interesting, to think that almost 35 years ago we had the technology to send a car size object into space and have it transmit images from the distant reaches of our solar system, almost 18 billion miles away, is mind-boggling. The most impressive part of the Voyager is that we were able to figure out how to send images across the galaxy in such a way. The thing that puzzles me though is why the greetings written to aliens were in multiple languages. If somehow the Voyager does get discovered by aliens they wouldn't understand our language let alone recognize it. So wouldn't having multiple languages just confuse them? They probably wouldn't even be able to tell they were different languages let alone decipher them.
ReplyDeleteThe Voyager is a truly fascinating piece of equipment. While it is perfect for taking great pictures of our universe, the possibility of it finding other life forms throughout other galaxies is very slim. If there is life out there besides our selves, which I think there is, I do not believe it will be able to communicate through the voyager. However, I will keep my hopes up for the discovery of other life forms.
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The Voyager I and II missions were very important landmark explorations into space. While the cameras no longer work so we can no longer use them for their intended purpose, it is possible that they are picked up by other intelligent forms. The radio transmissions produced by the craft could be intercepted by another civilization. I doubt this happens anytime soon... but it is possible.
ReplyDeleteThis Article is very interesting to me due to a lot of the information given. For example, the section about the rings around Uranus was very interesting because before the voyagers that discovery would never have been made. It makes one think that what else could be in our solar system that is not visible to us. As for the path of both voyagers as they reach the edge of our solar system, is very intriguing question. Also the question about extra terrestrials is one that i don't really find so appealing. Extra terrestrials is a topic i never found believable unlike others. it might be possible but I do not find it highly likely that there will be some kind of interaction between our two species.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the pictures of the interstellar space were the coolest part. The fact that a spacecraft made in 1977 has lasted so long and has provided such clear and defining images is imply outstanding. The information and insight the Voyager has provided is irreplaceable. Without it, we would not know nearly the amount of information we do about our planets in the solar system or the objects in interstellar space as well. The images were fascinating and made me wonder what truly is still out there and what is in the realm of possibility to be discovered. I cant wait to see what our future holds, with spacecraft like the Voyager, it must be pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that the instruments on the Voyagers have lasted so long. You'd think that by this point something would have gone wrong, some small electrical error would have rendered it useless forever. But 35 years later everything still works like a charm. It shows just how good NASA's engineers are. The fact that they've traveled 18 billion miles is incredible. That kind of distance is something that's hard to imagine, and they get farther away every second. I think it's really cool how they put in the music and language samples just in case it ever ended up in the hands of an alien species. I hope that one day in the far future it lands in some alien solar system and gets to live out its final purpose.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is fascinating that we have been able to travel to the outskirts of our solar system. Although the cameras dont work it still provides us with knowledge previously unkown. I think if we want to know more about the solar system than we do now we should send up another spacecraft. The technology today is much better than it was thirty five years ago. Accordingly, we would be able to get much better data and we could put cameras in the spacecraft that we dont have to turn off. What really surprises me though is that they had the technnology back then to send up a spacecraft of that advancement and sophistication.
ReplyDeleteTo think that the Voyager was made 35 years ago and is still funtioning today is pretty amazing. The voyager is 18 billion miles away and is taking pitures of the sun, planents, and other objects that we could not take here on earth.It is very sad that the camera on the voyager stopped working a decade ago. To think that it has traveled that far is pretty INSANE!
ReplyDeleteNot only is it unbelievable that we have technology that can capture images of celestial bodies billions of miles from Earth,the fact that Voyagers 1 and 2 made it that far is astounding. Traveling 18 billion miles in the last 35 years equates to an average of 58,708 miles an hour. This is an amazing testament to the true capabilities of man and the things that we produce. Our space program has grown in leaps and bounds since Eisenower established NASA in 1958. Many perceive NASA's crowning achievment as the moon landing, but other valuable findings and research include the Mars landings,the international space station, countless contributions to military and civilian technology,and the unmanned Voyager expeditions into the edges of our Solar System. NASA has proven itself to be an incredibly valuable government agency, and it will hopefully continue to be a source of discovery and inquiry in the coming years.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if those Spacecrafts are "alien" to aliens. I'm not trolling in this post, but those spacecrafts seem really intricate in their designs and functions, especially being powered with nuclear. I still don't know how we get pictures from them when they're so far; it's like you send a dog into a horde of zombies to cross to the other side, and all the time you're thinking "OMG, why is still not dead?!" Point is, these things are a stepping stone to new discoveries, to Infinity and Beyond. :D
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DeleteI found this article very interesting. Before reading this article, I had no idea that we had such techonology out in space capturing pictures and recording data for our scientists back here on Earth. It was also pretty cool to see how developed our camera technology was back when those pictures were taken some years ago. I am interest to find out more about the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. I beleive it will be hard to determine what exactly will happen to the Voyager 1 after it leaves our solar system. If I had to make a hypothesis, I would have to say that it may float in space until the gravity of another galaxy pulls the Voyager toawards their galaxy. I don't really think there is a very good chance that the Voyager will encounter other life forms because in order for that to happen, the Voyager would have to enter another galaxy. If in fact it does encounter other life forms, that encounter would be the coolest thing in the history of science because we could prove that other life forms exist,
ReplyDeleteThis article was very intresting and proivded readers a lot of information about the voyager. It's amazing to think that something made in 1977 lasted this long, and provided the public new information about the outskirts of soace and the universe.It lasted 18 million miles through space exploration and travel which is rather fascinating in my opinon. Although the camera no longer works,we can still study the past images and videos it captured. After looking at the cool and unique pictures the voyager captured, I was amazed that one object could provide so much insight on how space and planets were formed.So many miles were covered with voyager 1, and if we learned anything from the past voyager 2 should last just as long and provide scientits valuable information they can assess and anylaze.If something in the 1970s helped us learn so many new ideas and information, something created in the 20th century should outperform its previous sucessor and help us learn more about the universe. I believe if we use the current technlogy we currently withold, scientists should be able to find if there is really other human forms millions of miles away. The future looks bright for space travel and anaylsis, and I cant wait till we found out more information on the vast black universe above us.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the article all of the information about the Voyager made me realize how important this machine is. The life of the Voyager is something that is truly stellar. The Voyager lasting for 35 years is something that needs to be admired. The journey that this machine endured throughout its life is amazing. Traveling about 18 billion miles miraculous. The images that have been created from this machine has taught us a lot about space. We can now look at these pictures and see many things that we have not seen before. The scientist can learn from these images and can give us better information to better understand how space works.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how far technology has come, I had little idea that technology could capture footage from upwards to 35 years ago, just the idea of that is mind boggling. Who knows what else technology will be able to produce. With it perhaps we can find other lifeforms in the universe, but to reach that pinnacle we must invest more time and effort into space research. It's cool how they have had the voyagers up in space for so long taking footage of our vast, unknown universe. It's unlikely the voyagers will find lifeforms for it's entirely possible that some technlogy in the future will one day be able to, perhaps much longer after I've died. Still, i find it very important to continue space research for what it can do to help us in the future and what it can teach us about the past.
ReplyDeleteI was really stunned when I saw the images that the voyagers have captured throughout their time in space. I never knew that we could possibly send something into outer space and have it work for so long and be able to travel such a long distance, all with being able to give such clarity. I figure since it has been able to work for so long while traveling all throughout our universe for 30+ years and almost to the end of it,once it leaves our solar system it could possibly continue to work. Yet some people might say that considering it will be going much farther out than it has before and that it has been running on the same power for so long, it could stop once it reaches an atmosphere it has not been in before. I think that the fact that they put "multilingual greetings, music and pictures" on the Voyager is just ridiculous. Even if there are other life forms out there, it is likely that they have not had any more advanced space travel than we do, since we have found no proof of them. Therefore there is no way another life form, if there is one, could be detected out in space.Yet maybe many, many years from now we will have more advanced technology to see if there really is other life forms out there.
ReplyDeleteI was stunned when I read this article/gallery. The pictures that Voyager 1 & 2 captured were so phenomenal. What really amazed me was that these two unmanned crafts were launched in 1977. The fact that people had the technology to launch such an advanced craft back then amazes me. What also amazes me is that these two not only have been providing us with beautiful pictures but also are still roaming around within our solar system. The two Voyagers still roaming around our solar system for thirty-five years made me realize just how small we are. As Voyager 1 makes its way towards the heliopause, I think that it still has the potential to roam around in other solar systems and galaxies. I really wished that we can still be in touch with it to get a glimpse of the universe. On the other hand, there is a possibility that Voyager 1 could be destroyed when sucked into other solar systems just because it might have a different gravity pull compared to ours. I believe that the Voyager 1 can possibly be detected by other life forms, but I think that these life forms will not be advance as us to comprehend human culture. Whatever life form that it finds would probably be plants and, maybe, bacteria. The article made me realize how amazing people are in terms of technology and vast and beautiful our universe is.
ReplyDeleteI had vague prior knowledge about both of the Voyagers, but I definitely had no idea that it was only about the size of a car. It astonishes me that technology was so advanced 35 years ago. The fact that the signal strength is still able to reach Earth and provide us with such detailed pictures behooves me. Knowing that the Voyagers can still travel much further raises a lot of curiosity, especially about what they will encounter and where they will go. They give us hope of the unknown and unreached. Unfortunately though, I feel that ultimately they will be sucked into a black hole, which would be quite interesting because I am still wary on what a black hole will do to objects that travel inside of it. I believe that if they find new life in the distance, this life, as well as scientists in Earth, will make it their life long goal to reach the other planet. So many things are unanswered in our universe that it only allows for curiosity, well that and hope in the Voyagers' findings.
ReplyDeleteThis article was pretty interesting, to think that almost 35 years ago we had the technology to send an object the size of a car into space and have it transmit images from that great distance, almost 18 billion miles away. It is pretty impressive we were able to figure out how to send images across the galaxy in that way. I also think that sending the greetings to aliens in multiple languages was not to smart since if they did find it would all seem like gibberish to them anyways. I hope that aliens do find it though and can somehow trace it back to earth.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing!! I never knew much about the Voyagers until now, but I thought they would surely have to be larger than the size of a car. To be able to carry all of that technology in such a small "vehicle" is astounding, especially considering when it was made. I think that when the Voyager 1 leaves our solar system, there are a few things that could happen; one thing that could happen is that it could get sucked into a black hole and get ripped apart so many times that even the atoms are split. It could also just continue floating in space for many many years, until it is burnt up by a star. I think that there may be little chance of it being detected by other life forms, however. One of the previous things would probably happen before the Voyager traveled far enough to where it could be picked up by another civilization. For now, this will be another mystery for mankind.
ReplyDeleteThis article is a really interesting article. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that they had the technology 35 years ago to make something as advanced as this. Think about what NASP makes now a days! Both of the voyagers took really cool pictures while there camera was still turned on. Now the voyagers do other things instead of take pictures: They still have five instruments to study magnetic fields, cosmic rays and charged particles from the sun known as solar wind. Its hard to believe a man made object is 18 BILLION miles away!!! The scientists that launched these were really smart due to the fact that they put gold-plated discs containing multilingual greetings, music and pictures on the voyagers so maybe another life source out there would find it. Another thing I find crazy is the fact that the voyagers still have power from 35 years ago. I'm interested to know what powers them.
ReplyDeleteI just read that the Voyager was created 35 years ago! That blows my mind! Like literally blows it up!!!!! To think that we had that intellectual capability 35 years ago makes you wonder what we could possibly do in the future. It kind of stinks that the cameras got turned off, yet cool that they still have things to measure the magnetic fields, cosmic rays, and charged particles from the sun. Needless to say this is the furthest any man made object has ever traveled into space.
ReplyDeleteBefore this article I didn’t really have an idea what the Voyager 1 was, or even what it did. The article gave incredible insight into the farthest space expedition, and its traveler. The pictures that went along with it were supportive of the message and idea the article was trying to convey. But when the Voyager does leave our solar system I believe it will travel around space. I do not believe that it will come in contact with anything else. Not only because space is so massive, but there just might not be anything else out there. The Voyager 1 will be a great tool in teaching us more about the unknown of space.
ReplyDeleteThis article was an eye opener about the feats of technology in the 1970s. To have great minds intelligent enough to create technology that not only will run for many more centuries from now, but could take pictures that gave scientists a better look at our solar system, mainly Jupiter and Saturn. NASA scientists couldn't even comprehend what the photos were showing them, but they did discover volcanoes much like Earth's on Jupiter, which was amazing for that time. To have technology like that the size of a car that could capture images like that as well as many sounds of Earth on the Golden Record is mind blowing. So if space is expanding all the time, and the cameras on the Voyager have "long since been turned off", what are scientists hoping it finds? Will we be able to collect what it sees and study it?
ReplyDeleteIts truly incredible how advanced the human race has become. Not too long ago the U.S. and Soviet Russia were competing to be the first to send a non-human aircraft into space and now, 35 years later, human civilization is on the cusp of witnessing a piece of technology move out of the Milky Way and into interstellar space. Honestly, I don’t think the Voyager 1 will do much once it leaves the solar system other than stream back new information and data. I’m pretty skeptical on the whole idea of extraterrestrial life forms. I have no scientific data to prove that there cannot be life out there; I just find it difficult to believe in other life forms when Earth has every single element needed to sustain life like human beings. Now that being said, I’m not opposed to the thought of plant like organisms because as we’ve seen on Mars, there are remnants of what could have possibly been water, so it only makes sense that it’s a possibility, just not a likely one. All and all I’m excited for the progress society has been able to make thus far and am intrigued as to the further endeavors that the human race will pursue.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that both Voyager’s one and two have been traveling since 1977 and STILL after 35 years haven’t made it outside the depths of space is crazy. Now since we have even more advanced technology it’s amazing to think what more the Voyagers could do now. Before reading this article I had no idea about what these Voyagers did or even what they were for that matter. This is the farthest space expedition we’ve ever been able to advance in and it’s still going even after 35 years. When the Voyager finally leaves our solar system it will help us learn more about what else is out there in the unknown space. Great article and pictures!
ReplyDeleteThe images retrieved from the Voyager were absolutely stunning, especially considering the fact that they were taken from points located billions and billions of miles away. The second picture on the slideshow displays our mother earth, which we consider to be so large, as nothing but a speck within the vast outer reaches of our solar system. The fact that this object was built thirty-five years ago and has actually traveled 18 billion miles away from the sun says a lot about the power of our technological advancements. It's increbile to think an object constructed on earth continues to travel through our solar system, photographing planets, moons, and even a volcanic eruption on the surface of Jupiter's moon. I hope Voyager 1 continues its journey into other solar systems and the overall knowledge of the universe we live in continues to expand. If our world is microscopic compared to the infinite universe that surrounds us, then I think the possibility of the Voyager encountering other life forms should not be ignored.
ReplyDeleteIt is truly amazing that a peice of equipment produced so long ago can still be functioning at such a high level. I can only imagine what incredible things future generations will be able to see wtih the new technology we are developing now. My favorite picture is number 5. It is incredible that we can see the dark side of Saturn from all these miles away thanks to the voyager. It is great that NASA made this possible and I hope that they are allowed to go even further in the future. The knowledge that they have provided us with is truly priceless.
ReplyDeleteSince we know the universe is constantly expanding and goes on forever, it is strange to think that Voyager 1 and 2 haven't even reached the end of our solar system. To know that we're merely just a microscopic dot inside of a massive universe filled with so many things makes me feel extremely small. Yet it is curious to know what the spacecraft have seen while the cameras were off. Although unlikely, it was a creative idea to send music and pictures in the case something finds the spacecraft. These are the kind of things that make space exploration exciting. The unknown being shown to us with pictures, and just trying to grasp the idea of all the things that lie waiting to be found in the universe!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I had heard of the Voyager, I was never sure on what it did or what it had ever picked up before. The fact that it has remained in tact and functioning for 35 years now amazes me, because it is able to pick up on things that we as humans are not capable of finding. I am also intrigued by how crisp and detailed the pictures that the Voyager has taken are, because technically has evolved greatly in the past 35 years, and the fact that we are still getting such sharp images is incredible. While I have no way of knowing what will happen to it when it exits our solar system, I can only be optimistic and hope that it was remain in tact and continue to take pictures and provide us with information that we aren't able to access. However, I do not think it will find a life form intelligent enough to know what it is or understand the messages and music it plays for it. I do not doubt that they are other types of life forms out there, but I think if the Voyager was going to find a life form who could understand it, it would have found it already. I am interested to see what else the Voyager will pick up on and how long it will remain capable of sharing information about our solar system with us.
ReplyDeleteI thought this article and the pictures that came a long with it are so interesting! It is crazy how technology advanced we are becoming today. I still can't believe that they had this technology 35 years ago, and it is still working today! It is crazy to think how the Voyager takes these pictures from so far away and how clear they end up. We can not zoom in on our iPhones all the way and have it close to as clear as that! Before I read the article I knew that these Voyagers existed, but I had no idea the things they were capable of doing! I hope as the Voyager continues on its way to other Solar Systems, it is able to take more pictures so we are able to learn more about the universe! If the Voyager does encounter a different form of life, that would be so cool to know there are different forms of life out there and it would be a huge deal in the science community!
ReplyDeleteI think that untimely that either Voyager 1 or 2 will some day be detected by other life forms. I have formed this thought by the studies that scientist have done and they have found that there are many other planets in other galaxies that have the same properties of life that we have here on Earth. By looking at this information it is very hard to believe that there aren't other planets with life like ours. Also there plant could be millions of years older than ours and much more advanced in technology. I think it is very possible that other life forms will detect Voyager 1 and maybe one day find us, but it may not be a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI think it's insane that a satellite made in 1977 could produce such pictures. The pictures produced are so detailed and give us an accurate depiction of what planets, other moons, and even volcanoes on other planets look like. I think that once Voyager 1 gets far enough we might possibly discover other satellites, life forms, or even other large masses in our solar system that we didn't know were there. If these discoveries do happen, science will be changed forever.
ReplyDeleteI really thought the pictures were interesting. I was impressed that something created in the 70's was able to take pictures that well and that the earth was able to receive the pictures. I was also very impressed by the fact that the camera was able to detect photos from billions of miles away. It made our earth look like a grain of sand. I think for sure that the voyager will eventually be detected by other life forms if there are any out there. I think this because there has to be other forms of life in the universe somewhere, although we have yet to discover other forms of life.
ReplyDeleteThe story of the voyager is very interesting and impressive. It’s been over 35 years since it’s initial launch and it is still sending us pictures of our solar system. It makes me wonder how much more advanced a voyager would be with today’s technology. Given the fact that the cameras and everything have worked for this long, makes me think why wouldn’t they keep working for multiple more years? As the voyager leaves our solar system it could do many different things, it could just float away and send us pictures of whatever it encounters. It could possibly fall apart after this many years of service, and who knows when it will see it’s final days. I think it is a definite possibility that it could detect other life forms within our solar systems, but I am not sure. How will it know what other life form is? How will we know that it is for sure other life form that is in the photograph? I am very interested to see how the interspace travel plays out for the voyager. It could just float out of our solar system and send back pictures of its journey along the way of nothing, or there could be another universe beyond ours. But it could also reveal other life forms and give us some feedback about the possibility that life exists somewhere else. I believe other life forms will be found, whether it is within our universe or another I am unsure, but with all the planets out there, earth cannot be the only one with the existence of life.
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I had never heard of the Voyager 1 and 2 until reading this article. I knew there were satellites in our solar system but I had no idea it was to this extent. It really is incredible that the Voyager 1 has been able to function this well since 1977. The fact that it has been able to travel through our solar system this long is amazing, and shows a lot about our technological advancement. I was really impresses and fascinated with the pictures depicting planets billions of miles away from us. Another idea that is interesting is that the Voyager 1 has been traveling for 35 years and has been farther than any man made object and is still traveling to the fringe of space is fascinating. It's really cool to be given the chance to learn more about these distant planets, and I think this machine will really continue to teach us more about our universe and what it is comprised of. also the fact that this machine was made 35 years ago, makes it hard to imagine what we will be able to do in the near future. The knowledge we have learned from this machine about Jupiter's moon Loki, Saturn, and Uranus's rings is incredible. I thought this article was very interesting and the pictures were captivating.
ReplyDeleteBefore reading this article, I didn't really know anything about satellites in our solar system or what they could do. I find it amazing that a tiny satellite in the sceme of things can capture these images of planets, moons, and stars merely in our solar system but possibly outside of it as well. It's also impossibly lucky and amazing that the Voyagers 1 and 2 can still be functioning after 35 years. The pictures that it can take are so clear and from such a faraway view that the satellite is at is amazing and astounding to me. As it leaves our solar system it's impossible to say what can happen because we don't know much about what's out there but with a tool created 35 years ago we can learn more. Ultimately I think and hope that the Voyager will continue to journey out into the unknown and shed light on what's out there and discover more solar systems and more planets with them. I think that the chances that it will eventually discover other life forms out there could be possible, because the chances that we are the only planet with life forms on it, and we are so infinetely small in the overall view of things, there has to be other life somewhere. But the chances that the Voyager may discover it might not be as high since there is just so much out there and any number of things that could happen to the Voyager. So I think we could eventually find other life forms, just maybe not with the Voyager.
ReplyDeleteI think that Voyager 1 and 2 are inspiring pieces of work even in today’s technology. I can’t even wrap my head around how these satellites operate, or how they are able to commute their pictures back to earth. I love seeing the photos that the voyagers capture because there’s proof that there really is matter, something greater than our world and universe in space. More specifically, they’re clear images that allow people to be able to examine and study something great and almost unbelievable structures. This article says that “Voyager 1 was originally sent to observe Saturn and Jupiter, and is now approaching the fringes of the solar system”(WWW Washington Post) which is incredible because Voyager 1 was able to exceed our expectations. Who knows where we’ll be or see in 10 years? I love how we have active satellites in space; it makes me feel somewhat safe since our planet is aware of its surroundings. The voyagers obviously have discovered a lot and have participated in expanding people’s views on what’s beyond our atmosphere. For example, how else would we have known that was an active volcano on Jupiter? It’s called Loki and it is the “most volcanically active body in the solar system”(WWW Washington Post). The image of Saturn was my favorite. I really love knowing a little bit of background information about how light travels in space because the “dark side” of Saturn literally looks like there’s a chunk missing out of it and I’m able to have an idea as to why that is. I find it so interesting that the Voyagers not only take pictures but they might have the ability to find “the heliopause — the border between the magnetic influence of the sun and the beginning of interstellar space”(WWW Washington Post). This information is very intriguing and I’d love to read more about this topic when the voyagers reach interstellar space. Unfortunately, there is no way of determining exactly when the Voyager 1 and 2 will. Overall, I really enjoyed reading about and analyzing something as interesting as Voyager 1 and 2.
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I loved looking at all the pictures because it made everything seem more real to me. It's just so hard to wrap my mind around the fact that this Voyager hasn't broken down for 35 years. Without this Voyager that NASA sent up into space I feel like we wouldn't know a lot of the facts that we know today. I can't figure out which is more impressive, the fact that NASA was able to create these Voyagers to travel around our solar system for so long, or the fact that these Voyagers are able to contact with us on earth through amazing pictures. Not to mention without this Voyager we wouldn't know a lot of the information we know about our sun. We have figured out what stage of the life cycle our sun is in and have predicted how much longer our sun is supposed to live. This is extremely helpful information considering without the sun us humans wouldn't be alive. This Voyager is amazing and is teaching us on earth many interesting things about our solar system and giving us the opportunity to look into space like never before.
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ReplyDeleteBefore I read this article, I did not fully grasp the idea of satellites traveling so far into space. I just assumed they stayed in orbit with Earth and helped with technologies such as cell phone signal. Now that I have read about the Voyager 1 and 2, the information on the topic is unreal. Having a man-made object travel so far into space, and be able to record data on the "unseen," is so incredible to me. Technology today is incredible as well- being able to take pictures on a satellite that is millions and millions of miles away from any network on Earth, and still be able to send pictures that are fairly clear and detailed blows my mind. I loved looking at these pictures, because it gave me some clarity and insight that there is so much more in the universe than we could ever know- especially at this point. The Washington Post states, "The spacecraft [Voyager 1], which is exploring the outer reaches of the solar system, has traveled farther from Earth than any other man-made object." This quote alone explains how these satellites have excelled far beyond any expectation man had for them, which is incredible. The pictures show phenomena's in space such as a full view of the solar system, and Uranus and her faint rings- things people would not have had the chance to see for a long while if it had not been for the Voyager 1 and 2. These two satellites have helped develop our space knowledge in incredible ways, and have helped speed the process of learning about it too.
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I really think it is cool how technology that was made in the 70's can still to this day have great signal strength and show us images that look like something out of a science fiction novel. I think that NASA did an amazing job at creating the voyager and the information that it has sent us in my opinion has made such an impact on our level of space science knowledge and the space program should have never been shut down, nevertheless, I thought the pictures were amazing and loved all of them.
ReplyDeleteVoyager 1 and 2 are pieces of work they have exceeded everyone's expectations it was only supposed to explore only Saturn and Jupiter but have went above and beyond. The pictures that the voyager have taken are fa-nominal the pictures are detailed it makes me feel like I am in space; just to think that went sent the satellite 35 years ago and now in 2012 it has gone passed the far reaches of our universe its mind blowing!just to think what pictures we will and the different planets will see in 35 more years its crazy earth space and science is all a mind blow but as i read and learn its getting easier and easier to understand.
ReplyDeleteI thought this article was very cool, I think its crazy that both of the Voyagers have been up in space for 35 years and still functioning. I also couldn't believe that they are both not outside of our solar system yet.Even though both Voyagers cant provide pictures anymore the pictures they have taken are very good and high quality which is surprising to me because there billions of miles away. I think its amazing how back then we were able to launch such a high tech craft but i hope that Voyager 1 does not get sucked into another solar system and get destroyed by the different gravity pulls. I don't believe that there are other human forms millions and millions miles away but i do think that there could be plant life found in other galaxies.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of us sending satellites into space before collecting data with pictures of planets and stars but I never knew we had one that has been up there for 35 years. We have learned and found out so much about are galaxy and others with the help of the Voyager. 35 years is a long time for anything and it has been in space and is still functional. If you think about how much stuff it has seen it truly is impressive that we have that technology to do something like that but now we have even better technology now but we cant really get it on the voyager which would be helpful but it will do for now until we can send an even better one to replace it which might be anytime. Who knows when the Voyager will break down or just wont be able to work anymore because lack of updated technology, we don't know but I think it has a while to go before anything happens like that. In the future will we find planets with life form possibly? Not sure but I hope we find something to where it could be possible to live there one day that would be cool.
ReplyDeleteI think this article was very interesting, I didn't really know at all what was going on in outer space or about the Voyagers, but now I understand a little more. I think its ridiculous how far technology has come. When thinking about the Voyager leaving our Solar System I say it wont be able to withdraw the heat of a star and it will burn up. If that does not occur then I believe we will found out new things that we might not have ever seen before. I think its interesting that there are so many things put on the Voyager to have the possibility of communicating with different life forms because that could be a major discovery for society.
ReplyDeleteReading the article about Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 really opened up my mind. I had never heard of these two satellites till I read this article. I knew that there were satellites roaming around space but I never knew specific information such as the name, what it does, etc. The fact that this technology device was created 35 years ago and is so high tech blows my mind. The pictures that it takes are so detailed that it really helps us with our exploration and education of outer space. A big thing that they are trying to detect by using the Voyagers are for unknown species. The chances of an unknown species to approach the voyagers could go either way. The music, pictures, etc could either gain or lose their attention. All the fancy stuff on the voyagers could be intriguing to the species since they've never heard or seen anything like it before, which would attract their attention. But also,they could be afraid and not want to approach it since it's so foreign to them.
ReplyDeleteAfter nearly 35 years of constant travel, Voyager 1 is about to explore the far reaches of the solar system as well as enter interstellar space. This article is truly amazing since it depicts all of the contributions Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have made to astronomy and space science. Aside from the amazing feats and pictures that both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have provided, their longevity in space illustrates the technological capabilities that we humans have had, even back in the 1970s. Furthermore, these unmanned spacecrafts have explored both Saturn and Jupiter, their original objective, as well as their moons and other planets, such as Uranus. All of the stellar achievements that both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have inspired many artists renditions, portraying real world connections. In fact, a montage of voyager pictures have been put together, which is completely mind-blowing. In short, this article truly shows insight on all the contributions both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have made to mankind as well as its impacts on the world today.
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What may happen to voyager 1 is that it reaches outer stellar space and does cross through. Meaning that there is a lot more out there than we think or know of I believe that Voyager 1 has the ability to make/change history on the rate that it is going. This has great potential for further research for scientist who have so many questions about what is beyond the universe we know. I do believe that there is a possibility of life outside of our universe. Although people say that how the Earth was made is so precise and requires somethings that are one in a million in order to be created, I say why can’t this have happened somewhere else? I hope that Voyager 1/2 will find something substantial outside of our knowledge of the universe now.
ReplyDeleteWhen we reflect on the progress of mankind over the last century, Voyager 1 is a prime example of the true limits of this age's technology. As the farthest traveling man made object ever sent into space, Voyager 1 is a symbol of exploration and new frontiers, for 35 years this probe has been sending us information back home that would be impossible to obtain any other way. The real question when discussing this is, what is next? What truly lies next in our cosmic journey is somewhat ambiguous, as is the entire nature of space itself. This mysterious and enigmatic topic can leave one pondering for hours what space has in store for us, so for now, the Voyager 1 is quite interesting, but in the explorations of tomorrow, what can we expect?
ReplyDeleteVoyager 1: the spacecraft to travel farther than any ever before. I actually already knew all about Voyager 1's incredible feat and 35th birthday before. A variation of the second photo (the one that shows the Earth as a speck enshrouded in darkness), has been my desktop wallpaper on my computer at home for a few weeks now. I read part of Carl Sagan's book inspired by the photo, "Pale Blue Dot", so that is one of my favorite photos of all time. Every time I log into my computer, I am reminded small my own stressful problems are compared to the vastness of space.
ReplyDeleteHowever, some of the other photos in the article were new to me. I loved the 4th photo, which showed a volcanic plume on Io. It looks like something from Star Wars! But it's not, it's really out there waiting to be explored and understood! The fact that Voyager is capturing these images which until this century manking could only dream of seeing is amazing. The dark side of Saturn was also beautiful. Saturn has always been my favorite planet. I can only imagine what it would've been like to be on Voyager I as it passed by and see that sight firsthand.
As Voyager I leaves our solar system, it is thrilling to think about where it could end up. Although I believe other intelligent life forms exist somewhere in the Universe, the odds of Voyager I stumbling upon them by chance is extremely small. I think Voyager I will just continue drifting in the eternal emptiness of space until we lose contact with it or until it falls apart. On the other hand, no one expected it to accomplish what it already has. Perhaps it will surprise us again! Either way, Voyager I is only the first step of what I hope mankind will accomplish for exploring space in my lifetime. If we could build a competent device like Voyager I and Voyager II back in the 1970s, who knows what we or future generations could accomplish with current technology?
It was mind blowing to me that Jupiter's moons had volcanoes, and that they could even erupt. The pictures we are able to get from this is far beyond anything i thought possible.
ReplyDeleteOn slide 7 i was so shocked to read that the spacecrafts could last out in space for a whole decade without getting damaged and still manage to bring us back good information. To think that we can make something that can sustain that long on its own is way better than i thought our scientists to be.
Slide 8 was personaly my favorite seeing how the planets line up and their sizes next to one another.
This article was way more intreeging than i first thought it to be.
i thought that this article was very informative and descriptive about the Twin Voyagers.I never knew that Voyager one captured a Volcano(Loki) erupting on Jupiter. I believe that Voyager 1 will leave our solar system and as it does it could possibly stumble upon the other stars/galaxies out there such as Betelguese. I hope that one of the Voyager Twins IS discovered by other life forms in space, sinc eViyager one will soon be leaving oiur solar system soon it is more than 50 percent possible that one of the Voyager twins can be discovered. I think it was an amazing idea that on slide 9 informs me that there is mulitilingual greetings, music and pictures which can show the other life forms in space about the life forms of Earth.
ReplyDeleteThe voyagers are a feat in technology and I cannot believe that they
ReplyDeletecould take pictures of planets and still have no power source. Are
they both powered by solar power? If so , what happens to the when
they are far away from the sun. I guess other stars would power them.
Also, stars orbiting other stars is really amazing because I have
always imagined stars just existing and not having gravitational
force. Knowing that there are binary star systems is really awesome.
I believe that the voyager about to leave will find life outside our
solar system because the Universe is so vast taht there can't just be
us out here.
It’s really awesome to think about how craft with a camera and all other different type of gadgets, travel millions and millions of miles out in space. Places where man has never dreamed of being before. The images of each slide are unbelievable. Voyager 1, which has turned 35 years since it got launched in September 5, 1977. The thing that is interesting is that Voyager 1 original task was to explore Saturn and Jupiter which are about 1.3 billion Kilometers away from earth. The cool thing about Voyager 1 is that as it gets farther and further away from Earth, we tend to like more like a dot where the Voyager 1 is at, that’s how far the Voyager is now from Earth that makes the Voyager the farthest made man object to ever exist. Another interesting thing that both voyagers accomplished was that they both explored all the moons of Jupiter. I personally hope that both voyagers keep roaming through space and keep gathering more information throughout space, because it’s really important to see what cool thing there are in space, and maybe some of the things are important to us as humans.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed looking at the photos that Voyager had taken. I didn't know that it had existed until I had read these article. I think that both of the Voyagers are scientfic breakthroughs and it had happened in 1977. This has brought back so much new research and will continue to do so. I think that once Voyager 1 gets far enough we might possibly discover other satellites, life forms, or even other large masses in our solar system. This has changed science and will continue to change it.
ReplyDeleteVoyager, for having been built in the 70's it is something of a scientific breakthrough. Not only that but also a symbol of exploration in the final frontier that is space. This space probe has been travailing farther and farther away form earth for the past 35 years sending us information that cannot be obtained any other way. After reading this I can only think about what the next generation of space exploration has in store.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is incredible what has been done. This machine built over 30 years ago is still working out in space, and is able to get its pictures to earth. Its amazing how we can see pictures of planets and more beyond our solar system. Seeing the pictures just adds to surreality. Science says that there are few other planets that support life. I disagree, in that it is strange to think that we are one of the very few planets with life on it. I think that the odds of Voyager being discovered by another planet with intelligent life anytime soon are very very slim, but I do think eventually we will come in contact with them.
ReplyDeleteVoyager 1 is an incredible contraption created by man. It has been floating in the never ending abyss of space for 35 years. The pictures are an absolute bliss to look at and the unique formations throughout.
ReplyDeleteIve always believed that other lifeforms exist because space is still expanding. If the universe created us humans, why could it not create other lifeforms as well. The floating voyager 1 is bound to be founded by other extraterrestrials, the journey to find them still continues.
It's remarkable thow a satellite created in 1977 is not only functioning, but still capturing great pictures. It's amazing how technology has evolved yet we can still use what we've built so many years ago. It's cool to think what we will create in the future. I believe in less than 20 years, we will have created devices to send to other planets. Let's face it, we've already sent robots to the Moon and Mars. And landed multiple on the Moon. I truly believe that there are other 'life forms' out there and that it will only be a matter of time before our Voyager 1 is detected. Possibly as soon as 10-20 years from now! This was a great article and taught me so much, all of which I ddid not know before hand. It just goes to show, hoe incredible the human race really is. We can truly do anything, if we just use our imagination!
ReplyDeleteI do not know much about interstellar space at all. In fact, I had never heard of it before reading this article, but it is really neat to learn that there is a spacecraft up in space, at this very moment, still moving through space, 35 years after it was launched in 1977. Although I am not a scientist, I sure think it is amazing that we had the ability to make an object that proficient, and 35 years ago too! A detection of lifeform made by the voyager? I cannot say that it could never happen, because who knows...but because the Voyager 1 has been so reliable for pictures, graphics, magnetic fields, and cosmic rays, it would not be an unbelievable concept of the Voyager receiving signals of lifeform in space, or interstellar space. The fact that it can pick up activity of charged particles from the sun known as solar wind just amazes me. Solar wind? What normal citizen ever heard of such a thing? Maybe it is because large words excite my brain and convince me that the Voyager is a supernatural spacecraft. But maybe not. I have no doubt that if there is lifeform out there in space, the Voyager 1 could detect it given the evidence we already have from it's detections from the past 35 years.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting to know that we have already developed a unmanned craft that's been in space for 35 years now. I did know that we had some sort of craft out in space but I didn't know any details about Voyager 1. I love that I live in a world where NASA exists and that they are always a couple steps ahead of society. The fact that in 1977 they already thought about putting something in space for us to document over time is brilliant. It's just crazy to me that the crafts have lasted this long. The fact that they have traveled farther from Earth then any other man made object is insane. It's almost aggrivating that man couldn't do it but a robot can. Again, this is something scientists in 1977 created. They even thought to put music and pictures in the craft. NASA is just too smart. Voyager 1 can even take pictures and it documented the eruption of Loki on Jupiter. I think we should be thankful that these Voyagers can take pictures in space because now we can see the bigger picture and closer on what everything looks like in space. I've now realized how intelligent these crafts are, the fact that they have instruments that can study magnetic fields is very impressive.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing and scary to think how small we are in this universe. 35 years ago an unmanned spacecraft was released into space and it's just now leaving our solar system. It's awesome to know that there are organizations in this world that have technology that is so far ahead of the average citizen's. It really makes me feel great because it kind of lets me know that even though we play an extremely small part in this universe, and even though we can't understand the marvels of space, that in time we'll be able to explore the abyss.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading about the Voyager space crafts it is easy to tell that this is a very important piece of technology for us. It has finally reached far places that at one point seemed impossible to know. It goes to show how us as humans have evolved to understand space and the galaxy we live in. Even though this is such a small step to understanding our universe it is truly amazing that human beings have gotten to this point. It is only a matter of time before we discover new things that could potentially give us answers.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about voyagers still ongoing journey you cant help to wonder that even though it has traveled for some time now it still has only broken our solar system. Being our solar system as one in millions out there in this big cosmos of ours is almost incomprehensible in the fact why there wouldn't be other forms of life out their somewhere. I mean our solar system was a one in a million chance to support life, so it would only make sense how somewhere out there there's another one in a million chance to have the same properties our little planet has. Being the distance from the sun we are is exactly perfect let alone our planet itself is hardly understandable to the majestic complexity it is overwhelmingly put upon us. and i believe we only have more to learn about this little granule of sand in our big sandbox.
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