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The search for Voyager
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:19 am
by Bugbear
There's been a bit of noise and news regarding the Voyager probe approaching the start of interstellar space. Right now she's about 122 AU from Earth, and that's in 35 years (these numbers are from memory, feel free to correct). Based on those figures, we're looking at about 3.5 AU per year. So in the year 3200, Voyager could be around 4250 AU away from Sol (another disclaimer - the error bars on that figure would be unbelieveably huge). That would be quite an Easter Egg, hmmm?
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:33 am
by Geraldine
Hi BugbearIf you fancy converting these free models to add to the game you could have your hearts desire (Pioneer Probe is here also
) [url]http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/models.html[/url]
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:51 pm
by Brianetta
Even if we included it... the probability of your stumbling across it would be small, approaching zero.
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:00 pm
by Marcel
Yeah, I doubt that anyone will ever play that gold record. Still, that's what would make it a great Easter Egg, especially if it was programmed so that nobody could be exactly sure of where it was. If a player found it and scooped it up they could make a fortune from selling it due to its historical value!
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:46 pm
by Geraldine
Thats a great idea Marcel!
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:58 pm
by baobobafet
Hey don't forget there's two of 'em to find
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:59 pm
by Loki999
Hey don't forget there's two of 'em to find :)Gotta catch em all!
RE: The search for Voyager
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:04 pm
by Marcel
Hmm, that may cut the value in half. :haha: