Voyager Set To Enter Interstellar Space

Phoghat writes "More than 30 years after they were launched, NASA's two Voyager probes have traveled to the edge of the solar system and are on the doorstep of interstellar space. Today, April 28, 2011, NASA held a live briefing to reflect on what the Voyager mission has accomplished — and to preview what lies ahead as the probes prepare to enter the realm of the Milky Way itself."

Re:Let me say

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, they weren't club-wielding savages in loincloths back then.The most important tools they had back then were:

1) A university system that wasn't designed to maximize profit therefore bringing in anyone into EE. Only actual engineers made it back then. The engineer working on the other system wasn't a dumbass.

2) Computers and software were simpler and easier to understand instead of the morass of chaotic, barely-functioning layers of unknown code we have today.

3) They had SPICE back then!

4) Plenty enough technology to do what was needed.

Re:Just wait

[txoof]

I for one look forward to meeting our new Whale Loving overlords.

Re:Let me say

[md65536]

But the modern version would automatically update its Twitter account from space!

Re:How long till

[PPH]

Forever is a pretty long time, If something is physically possible, eventually it will happen.

I know of several supermodels that will disagree.

Re:Let me say

[Toam]

"Just passing Uranus LOL"

Re:Let me say

[Holi]

Lets just admit I should never post on slashdot after going to a 5 hour wine tasting

Re:Let me say

[Mr. Underbridge]

If you willingly spend $100/line of code and ASK when it will be done rather than TELLING when it will be done, it'll be near bulletproof.

So how is morale on the Duke Nukem dev team, anyway?