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 [Mar 05, 2002, 10:14 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Pioneer 10 calls home on birthday is one of many interesting links passed along for today by AndyS. Aren't these probes supposed to start transforming themselves into doomsday devices soon? I remember the plot of at least one Star Trek episode as well as Star Trek: The Motion Picture (veeger) centered around just that. I guess that shouldn't be the most likely scenario, but it seems more plausible than still being able to contact this thing 30 years later.

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Mar 5, 2002, 11:04
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Mar 5, 2002, 11:04
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Is there a typo in the Weird Science link?
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Re: 11.9 billion kilometers. . .
Mar 5, 2002, 10:43
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Re: 11.9 billion kilometers. . . Mar 5, 2002, 10:43
Mar 5, 2002, 10:43
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7394660000 miles or there abouts...

depends whether its a US billion or a European billion

i think
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11.9 billion kilometers. . .
Mar 5, 2002, 10:16
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11.9 billion kilometers. . . Mar 5, 2002, 10:16
Mar 5, 2002, 10:16
ZigZang
 
Anyone want to do the math for us non-metric folks how many miles 11.9 billion kilometers is?
ZigZang
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Nomad
Mar 5, 2002, 09:45
Kestral
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Nomad Mar 5, 2002, 09:45
Mar 5, 2002, 09:45
Kestral
 
You're thinking of the probe Nomad (Must sterilize!) from the episode "The Changeling", TOS #37. V'ger was from ST: TMP.

End Star Trek geek mode.

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ummmmmmmm
Mar 5, 2002, 09:40
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ummmmmmmm Mar 5, 2002, 09:40
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since no one has pointed this out yet I will take honors of admitting I know this. Veeger (was that how it was spelt?) was not from an episode but from the motion picture lol and as much as I think on it I am sure that was the only startrek episode with anything like that in it lol.
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