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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
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Subject: Re: Voyager, on to Uranus.
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 11:53:05 EDT
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> 	While the publicity builds for Halley's comet, Voyager II is plodding
> steadily at 40,000 mph towards another planetary encounter.
> 	After that it will reach Neptune on Aug 24, 1989, and then be propelled
> downward out of the solar system.  (It's companion, Voyager I was propelled
> upward out of solar system immediately after encountering Saturn)
>>
>> Is Voyager I or II the space craft that the plaque was installed indicating
>> Man, Woman, Earth's position in our solar system, etc?? I forgot.
>>
>> Also, after it leaves our solar system, what type of data will it 
>> transmit back?
>> If it is just going to ramble I can't see justifing to expense but
>> they must have some goal for it don't you think.
>> My opinion is to have it do a wide circle and go back toward Earth.
>> By the time it came back we would have the space shuttle perfected
>> enough to retrieve it. An awful lot of info can be recovered from a
>> returned intersystem vehicle.
>>
>> Anybody care to comment
>>
>>                               --bobn--
>>                                sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn
>>