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Voyager
Just like the original Star Trek television series, the Voyager spacecraft were launched originally on a five-year mission that apparently is going on forever. The Voyagers each weighed about 1797 pounds at takeoff, and without the various appendages, could fit inside a four-meter square box. Both craft included two cameras, one with a wide angle lens.

Both Voyagers continue to return information from distances more than three times farther away than Pluto.

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Time to Neptune
Assuming a direct flight at the fastest speed yet attained (44,000 MPH I think) it
would take 6.9 years.

That is assuming no time for acceleration or deceleration.

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Posted by: middle of nowhere Posted on: 08/30/07 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
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What the age?  andersonjesse28 | 08/30/07
Time to Neptune  middle of nowhere | 08/30/07

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