re: Just a thought.

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re: Just a thought.

Marcia — 9/9/2008 5:57:10 PM (archived)

"Would the Sun's magnetic field have any effect on its path through the interstellar medium? Kind of like a massive M2P2 magsail would have on a probe in the solar sytem?"

I would think so. Not a huge effect (unless it encounters another star's magnetic field), but on a gaseous and particle scale, absolutely.

So far, so good for the Voyagers.

MHO

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Can't believe no one's mentioned this mission. - Lee - 9/6/2008 1:33:53 AM
- I can't quite make sense of it. - alcaray - 9/6/2008 11:35:27 PM
  - re: I can't quite make sense of it. - Marcia - 9/8/2008 1:20:25 AM
    - Just a thought. - Lee - 9/8/2008 1:46:52 AM
      - re: Just a thought. - Marcia - 9/9/2008 5:57:10 PM
  - Sounds like a job for Jim O. - Lee - 9/7/2008 1:45:38 AM
    - been distracted... - JimO - 9/8/2008 10:47:16 AM
- Has it received actual hardware development funding? (n/t) - Jacob - 9/6/2008 6:36:57 PM
  - It's built and launches on 10/5/08. (n/t) - Lee - 9/6/2008 7:15:24 PM

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