Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Voyager 1 Has Reached the Heliopause Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:36:32 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3i8d6khe56hidc99ttaifidv55r82msnka@4ax.com> References: <1044s6c$3vaqu$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:36:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b91708194729b9623599f92f59cc6feb"; logging-data="265016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18G7yBtnEJDfyr3MzIBelmW0Il01W9/UzU=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:VHdYhJ+61eWP6kOkIKOO+deSChw= On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 07:47:39 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer wrote: >On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 03:07:57 -0000 (UTC), John Savard wrote: > >> ...and I happened to bump into this news story about it: >>=20 >> https://www.elcabildo.org/en/nasa-announces-voyager-1s-stunning-new- >> discovery-at-the-outer-limits-of-our-solar-system-50137/ >>=20 >> which, naturally, caused me to "worry" that perhaps when we attempt to >> send personnelled flights outside the Solar System... >>=20 >> we'll have some of the astronauts develop glowing eyes and God-like >> psychic powers, with naturally unfortunate results! >>=20 >> ...instead of having to wait for the edge of the Galaxy for that. >>=20 >> John Savard > >The phrase "wall of fire" occurs five times in that brief story. I=20 >hypothesize that we are are under the influence of a cosmic force that=20 >injects slogans into the public discourse. Originally it affected mainly >journalism (hence this story), but has spread further, such as "One Big=20 >Beautiful Bill Act." Well, there was (IIRC) an ancient theory that the "fixed sphere of stars" was actually a fixed sphere with a black coating that was peeling off in places, and that the "stars" were simply glimpses of the Eternal Fire beyond. Some of those articles were illustrated, with a quite impressive fire next to the spacecraft. The reality, of course, is a bit different: the high temps are a scientific measure, sharing with fire as we know it only an energy level. Is this the same probe that is being touted as having woken up and sent a message after 20 years (IIRC) of silence? Or is that something else? --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"