"The Farthest" - Voyager (probe) documentary

AMKC · 05-09-2017 7:48pm #1

Irish documentary about the Voyager probes.
This is being shown on RTE One tonight at 10:15 pm. Looks interesting.
I have not seen it yet was going to go to the cinema see it but just have not got the chance to. Am debating whether to watch it on RTE or not. Would much prefer to watch it on the BBC as there would be no add breaks and I think they adds could ruin it.

Any chance off the BBC showing it anytime soon?

Barnaboy · 05-09-2017 7:52pm

Small clarification - it's on RTE1. Should be good.

Wexfordboy89 · 05-09-2017 7:54pm

Would love too see it dont have rte

where they the probes nasa launched back in the 70s ?

AMKC · 05-09-2017 10:23pm

Wexfordboy89 wrote: »

Would love too see it dont have rte where they the probes nasa launched back in the 70s ?

Yes Voyager 1 and 2. Voyager 1 is now in interstellar space 2 is heading there soon.

RTE player it might be on it. If not its still in some cinema's I think.

An Ciarraioch · 05-09-2017 10:58pm

AMKC wrote: »

Irish documentary about the Voyager probes.
This is being shown on RTE One tonight at 10:15 pm. Looks interesting.
I have not seen it yet was going to go to the cinema see it but just have not got the chance to. Am debating whether to watch it on RTE or not. Would much prefer to watch it on the BBC as there would be no add breaks and I think they adds could ruin it.

Any chance off the BBC showing it anytime soon?

Opening credits said that RTE, ZDF, ARTE and BBC were co-producers, so presume all will show it in 2017.

Wexfordboy89 · 05-09-2017 11:01pm

Hopefully the bbc willl show it.am i right in thinking goth probes are nukeular powered.wonder how they are still going after all this time ?

WoollyRedHat · 06-09-2017 12:21am

Fantastic production, truly fantastic.

Mormegil · 06-09-2017 12:29am

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Fantastic production, truly fantastic.

Have to agree.

And broadcast 40 years to the day since Voyager 1 was launched.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

AMKC · 07-09-2017 8:46pm

So I watched it and recorded it and intend to watch it again this weekend. The add breaks on RTE were not too bad at all. It is truly amazing that they are still going and how far they have traveled. If everything that us Humans made lasted as long then the World would be in a much better state than it is currently in I think.

Yes they are nuclear powered.

AndyBoBandy · 07-09-2017 8:49pm

AMKC wrote: »

If everything that us Humans made lasted as long then the World would be in a much better state than it is currently in I think.

When we, and indeed the earth are long long gone, the Voyager probes will still most likely be hurtling through the vast emptiness of space.

And who knows, maybe in a few billion years, will be found by intelligent life.

NIMAN · 07-09-2017 8:58pm

I really enjoyed it too......well what I saw, I had just come off shift and couldn't keep my eyes open and had to stop watching. Hope to catch it again fully when less tired, it really was a fantastic and awe inspiring documentary.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 08-09-2017 10:50am

Saw it in the cinema a few weeks ago, it's absolutely astounding.

Lovely documentary.

"The Farthest" - Voyager (probe) documentary

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