I got a press release from NASA today that says that Pioneer 10 may have gasped its last breath. Now, mind you, it was launched March 2, 1972, on a 21-month mission to study Jupiter. I don't know if you remember this, but it has a gold plaque on the side of it with a message and a map showing where earth is (if I remember correctly, astronomer Carl Sagan has a lot to do with the design of the message). So, it scooted out of the solar system some time ago. Considering that it was on a 21-month mission, the satellite just stopped sending good data telemetry back on April 27 last year. Not bad for a satellite that's over 30 years old. So basically, NASA just kept tuning-in to see if it could still hear it. The last time they heard a signal (very faint) was on January 23 when it was 10 was 7.6 billion miles from Earth, taking 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive. It's the farthest human artifact from earth. What a trip.
2008- Oh, here we go AGAIN...
2007- Oscar Night
2006- Wolves 8 - Barons 0
- Twilight Zone at the Oasis
- Connor's 2nd
2004- Yes, MT-Blacklist really does work...
- Ashless Wednesday
2002- Radiation Therapy Chauffeur™ duty