[Year 12 SofDev] For the Greybeards...

[Kent Beveridge]

Yes, I heard of this Voyager 'trek' a little while ago and it is impressive to note also that it actually hasnt collided and been obliterated by astronomical objects(asteroid showers, meteorite chunks etc).
Is it pure luck that it still even exists???

Perhaps a few generations hence they may then have created technologies to actually capture and study its travels should it even survive that long!

As for the comment on our generation and technologies...I sometimes debate myself as to whether they take it for granted or actually appreciate what it has done or how it has 'improved?' their lives today (and ours too!).

Even the Sat Nav devices we(well actually not me...yet!) use in our vehicles or portable devices...are a creation that is thanks to der..Satellites!

Ahh, tis a wondrous world we have today...wonder what tomorrow will bring!?????

cheers all...
ps..the BOM.gov.au site satellite pic said no clouds when I looked online this morning...WRONG! ..looked out my back window to see lots of grey clouds and some rain and lots of wind..out the back planting some veggies just a mo' ago almost got blown over! Im in the Wimmera for those who dont know..2hrs west of Ballarat!

Why? Dunno really, I just enjoy growing them and eating, saving or sharing some..yep true.

As for 'greybeard'...not yet!...shaved head ...kinda cheating I guess...hehehe...

Kent.




Kent Beveridge
ICT Coordinator & Maths Teacher
kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au<mailto:kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>

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"NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has gone interstellar.

Launched in 1977, the probe is vintage space hardware. At more than 36 years old, or roughly a millennium in computer years, it’s an impressive feat to have the spacecraft drifting through the material between stars. Looking at the machine’s specs is a reminder of how far electronics have come in the intervening years."

www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/vintage-voyager-probes/<http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/vintage-voyager-probes/>

Apart from an enjoyable few minutes of muttering "8 inch floppy disks??  LUXURY! I remember when we had to record data on the backs of Persian cats..." it might be useful for your kids to get a sense of the pace at which technology is developing.


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