Bon Voyage...

[far-trader]

It's official (more or less), we're now in deep space and extra-solar, be careful out there Voyager I

 

[Keklas Rekobah]

... just stay away from black holes and bald-headed Deltan women!

 

[signless]

There's a difference between the two?

 

[Zutroi]

Why does everyone forget Pioneer?

 

[EvilDrGanymede]

Originally posted by Zutroi:
Why does everyone forget Pioneer?

I don't think either of those have reached the heliopause yet - they're going 'downwind', toward the magnetotail. The Voyagers would get to interstellar space first.

 

[Jame]

This just means that we successfully threw some of our toys away. It doesn't, to me, mean that "we" - humanity - are in outer space yet, when we haven't even gotten out of orbit...

But still, good to know.

 

[far-trader]

Originally posted by Jame:
This just means that we successfully threw some of our toys away...

An appropriate analogy Jame, yep we're still taking baby steps and this is just a small toy we tossed out of the playpen. We want to get out there ourselves but right now we are too immature, we need to grow a lot and it'll take time. I wish we were there already too. I've been dreaming it for over 30 years but we've stumbled a few times, despite which we keep trying. We'll get there I hope but I no longer believe it'll be in my lifetime so I celebrate each little step