top | item 8004929 (no title) optimusprinceps | 11 years ago What exactly is propelling Voyager through interstellar space? discuss order hn newest alphydan|11 years ago Nothing, it's just momentum (or newton's first law of motion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion) chton|11 years ago The speed it already has. There's practically no friction in space, so any speed it picked up from its engines and gravitational slingshots is kept. Newton's first law. batbomb|11 years ago and 30 years of any radiation pressure. load replies (1)
alphydan|11 years ago Nothing, it's just momentum (or newton's first law of motion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion)
chton|11 years ago The speed it already has. There's practically no friction in space, so any speed it picked up from its engines and gravitational slingshots is kept. Newton's first law. batbomb|11 years ago and 30 years of any radiation pressure. load replies (1)
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