One more contact try for Pioneer 10

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LJK — 1/4/2006 4:05:35 PM (archived)

They're going to make one final attempt to pick up a signal from Pioneer 10 this February and March. Right now a single round-trip message time takes over one Earth day.

We definitely got our money's worth and then some with Pioneer 10, which has been functioning since leaving Earth in 1972. And if an ETI finds it some day and comprehends the plaque attached to it....

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The Study of the Pioneer Anomaly: New Data and Objectives for New Investigation - LJK - 1/3/2006 3:28:07 AM
- One more contact try for Pioneer 10 - LJK - 1/4/2006 4:05:35 PM
  - Can Minor Planets be Used to Assess Gravity in the Outer Solar System? - LJK - 1/4/2006 6:21:37 PM
    - Pioneer anomaly? Gravitational pull due to the Kuiper belt - LJK - 1/10/2006 4:36:26 PM
      - re: Pioneer anomaly? Gravitational pull due to the Kuiper belt - Marcia - 1/10/2006 10:01:27 PM
        
        Where the Pioneer probes are and information on the Kuiper Belt - LJK - 1/11/2006 2:53:50 PM

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