----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Sloan II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 5:20 AM Subject: Re: Scouted; Earth Bids Farewell to Remote Pioneer Space Craft
> Gary L. Nunn wrote: > > > SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Earth has bid its final farewell to > > the Pioneer 10 space craft 31 years after the probe set off > > for the outer regions of the solar system. > > > The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on > > Tuesday that it had received Pioneer's last signal last > > month and added it would no longer seek to track the now > > remote object. > > > http://abcnews.go.com/wire/SciTech/reuters20030225_652.html > > Farewell and good luck, Pioneer 10! I hope somebody recieves > your message-in-a-bottle plaque someday. > I read this with more than a little melancholy. Coupled with the news that JPL is standing down its Galileo mission, this is a sad day of saying goodbye to old friends. It won't be much longer until we have to say goodbye to the Voyagers as well. And Pathfinder had such a short, if magnificent life. George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
