Comments on: Ulysses Mission to End After 17 Years

By: alphonso richardson

alphonso richardson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:19:52 +0000

Goodbye, Old Friend.
Your work will live on…………

By: alokmohan

alokmohan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:37:00 +0000

E nd of an era.

By: Marco Fitz

Marco Fitz — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:50:31 +0000

We will miss you Ulysses… See you there…

By: Chuck Lam

Chuck Lam — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:28:33 +0000

Ulysses dying is an opportunity for SETI to test it's ability to capture diminishing RFdata signals. The ability to detect femto-watt levels of modulated RF is key to alien discovery.

By: Yael Dragwyla

Yael Dragwyla — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:49:11 +0000

One of our most successful electronic children, Ulysses has far and away outperformed its expected life of service. Now it can rest, out there between the bodies of the Solar System, under the light of countless stars. Ave atque vale, Ulysses — may there be some sort of electronics heaven where you and all our other faithful landers and probes go after a lifetime of such wonderful service.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:24:36 +0000

So sad, at least the legendary Ulysses got to come home after 20 years…

I see the makings of an epic space opera…

By: Hans

Hans — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:52:57 +0000

Maybe because the sun is quite far away from the orbit of Jupiter?!

By: brent

brent — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:39:45 +0000

maybe this is a dumb observation….

But if it's studying the sun…. when why wouldn't it have solar panels vs. batteries….

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:58:03 +0000

Well Im one to sad to see it go but its given us so much more than expected, truly a marvel.