'The Triumphs of Voyager' by Paul Money

[Roy]

I must say that I thought Paul Money's talk last night entitled 'The Triumphs of Voyager' was thoroughly enjoyable, entertaining and informative. What I found most interesting was the background to the mission to the planets, how on the one hand the mission designers were constrained by political and funding issues, and how then then worked around them to produce two missions that really opened up the Solar System and produce some wonderful science that in some ways changed our paradigm in respect to the outer planets and moons, none more so than Io and its volcanism. I am personally looking forward to Paul coming back and giving part 2 of the talk which hopefully will cover the Voyagers' transition into inter-stellar space.

So a few thank yous, firstly to Tony for getting Paul to come and speak to us, to Carole and Roger for doing the teas, and also to Noel, Doug and Hugh.

Roy

[Carole]

Absolutely agree.  What a very entertaining and informative Speaker, such enthusiasm and humour.  Look forward to him coming back for part 2.

Carole

[ApophisAstros]

Really enjoyed it and great images,
Roger

[MarkS]

Agreed - it was an excellent talk and I had no problem staying awake.

Mark

[Carole]

 

[doug]

Great informative, and well illustrated talk. Amazing images from the Voyager probes.

Doug.

[Hugh]

Paul Money is always good value as a speaker and I've heard him several times before, so knew that he would be entertaining.  Voyager has so much history and has been so significant that its value is probably only now being completely understood, especially as technology advances.  After the talk, Paul indicated that many of the original pictures, now that they can be digitally enhanced, are providing more information which will inform research for years to come ~ much like Cassini.

The one fact that stuns me is that despite V1 being out there for so long, and OK it didn't take a direct route, at light speed it is still only just over 19 hours away.  For us, proper space travel is still so far off!

Again ~ if you have a chance to see 'The Farthest' or get as a dvd, it is a most interesting and amazing documentary on the history of the Voyagers.

Hugh