Keith’s note: President Jimmy carter has died. I posted this a few months ago. Carter set an example of how a former President should conduct themselves. No one has yet to come close to the example he has set. Centenarian Jimmy Carter’s Interstellar Message “Many younger people are unaware of the fact that Carter wrote a letter that is on board both Voyager spacecraft now traversing interstellar space – probably one of the longest messages a human ever sent to the stars.” Ad Astra

Keith’s note: NASA just turned 66. Jimmy Carter just turned 100. Too bad NASA does not remember its own past – a past currently being sent to the stars.

Keith’s note: Sources report that former JPL director and planetary science leged Ed Stone has died. Details to follow. Ad Astra Ed. Update from JPL: Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL and Voyager Project Scientist, Dies

AGU: Voyager Spacecraft Might Not Have Reached Interstellar Space, AGU “In 2012, the Voyager mission team announced that the Voyager 1 spacecraft had passed into interstellar space, traveling further from Earth than any other manmade object. But, in the nearly two years since that historic announcement, and despite subsequent observations backing it up, uncertainty about whether Voyager 1 really crossed the threshold continues. There are some scientists who say that […]

“Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft duet” was played at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner this evening. “GÉANT, the pan-European data network serving 50 million research and education users at speeds of up to 500Gbps, demonstrates its power by sonifying 36 years’ worth of NASA Voyager spacecraft data and converting it into a musical duet.”

Keith’s 11 Sep 7:00 pm EDT note: Looks like NASA will admit on Thursday that Voyager 1 has indeed left our solar system, but that it did so more than a year ago. NASA prefers Yes/No answers i.e. has it or has it not crossed that imaginary dotted line that is in place around the edge of our solar system. The press event will be at 2:00 pm EDT. NASA […]

Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System, Says New Study, University of Maryland “Voyager 1 appears to have at long last left our solar system and entered interstellar space, says a University of Maryland-led team of researchers. Carrying Earthly greetings on a gold plated phonograph record and still-operational scientific instruments – including the Low Energy Charged Particle detector designed, built and overseen, in part, by UMD’s Space Physics Group – […]

Voyagers in the Heliosheath [Download Larger Version], NASA “This artist’s concept shows NASA’s two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer shell of the bubble of charged particles around our sun. After more than 35 years of travel, the two Voyager spacecraft will soon reach interstellar space, which is the space between stars.”

AGU: Voyager 1 has left the solar system, sudden changes in cosmic rays indicate “In the GRL article, the authors state: “It appears that [Voyager 1] has exited the main solar modulation region, revealing [hydrogen] and [helium] spectra characteristic of those to be expected in the local interstellar medium.” However, Webber notes, scientists are continuing to debate whether Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space or entered a separate, undefined region […]

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