Brief
Pioneer 10
The claims the writer was given for Pioneer 10, in the order they were given.
1
If no terminal manoeuvres are performed, the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft will never, in 10^10 years, enter any other solar system, even if every star in the Milky Way Galaxy has a planetary system comparable to our own, and could only be intercepted by an interstellar spacefaring society much more advanced than our own.
“If no such terminal manoeuvres are performed, simple collision physics calculations show that the spacecraft will never, in 10¹⁰ years, enter any other solar system - even if every star in the Milky Way Galaxy has a planetary system comparable to our own. In this case, the spacecraft can be intercepted only by an interstellar spacefaring society much more advanced than our own.”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 61-67 opinion first hand
2
As of 1975, the only direct attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence were the plaques aboard the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
“The only direct attempts to date to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence - the plaques aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft - are discussed briefly.”
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3
The Pioneer 10 spacecraft flew by Jupiter on 1973-12-03.
“The Pioneer 10 spacecraft, which flew by Jupiter on 3 December 1973”
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4
Both the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft have trajectories that, through momentum exchange with a major planet, will eject them from the Solar System.
“both have trajectories which, through momentum exchange with a major planet, will eject them from the Solar System”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 char:31977-32085 observation first hand
5
The interstellar spaceflight of the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft is unpowered, with a transit time over a few light years of about 10^5 years.
“Their interstellar spaceflight is unpowered and the transit time over a few light years is about 10⁵ years.”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 char:32093-32194 measurement first hand
6
It may be possible to perform terminal trajectory adjustments that would direct the Pioneer 10 or Pioneer 11 spacecraft to the vicinities of stars within about 100 light years of Earth, in which case they might conceivably be intercepted in about 10^6 years.
“It may be possible to do terminal trajectory adjustments which will direct these spacecraft to the vicinities of stars within 100 light years of the Earth. In such a case, the spacecraft might just conceivably be intercepted in about 10⁶ years.”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 char:32201-32439 opinion first hand
7
Figure 23 shows the plaque aboard the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft, depicting a diagram of the hydrogen hyperfine transition, a radial pattern of pulsars indicating the Sun's location, line drawings of a nude man and woman, an outline of the spacecraft, and a diagram of the Solar System with the spacecraft's trajectory.
“[image: Figure 23. The plaque aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, showing a diagram of the hydrogen hyperfine transition, a radial pattern of pulsars indicating the Sun's location, line drawings of a nude man and woman, an outline of the spacecraft behind them, and a diagram of the Solar System with the spacecraft's trajectory.]”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 char:32532-32854 observation first hand
8
Carl Sagan and colleagues considered it appropriate that a simple cosmic greeting card be aboard the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft, despite the remoteness of the contingencies for their interception.
“Despite the remoteness of these contingencies, we felt it appropriate that a simple cosmic greeting card be aboard the two spacecraft.”
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9
The Pioneer plaque message is attached to the antenna support struts of the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft and is engraved on a 15 centimetre by 22.5 centimetre gold-anodised aluminium plate.
“The message (Sagan, Sagan & Drake 1972), attached to the antenna support struts of the two spacecraft, is engraved on a 15 cm × 22½ cm gold-anodized aluminium plate, and is shown in figure 23.”
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The Pioneer 10 message, even without the human beings, spacecraft and Solar System representations, was readily decrypted by academic astronomers and physicists in tests performed before any public announcement of the existence of the Pioneer 10 plaque.
“The Pioneer 10 message, even without the human beings, spacecraft and Solar System representations, was readily decrypted by academic astronomers and physicists in tests performed before any public announcement of the existence of the Pioneer 10 plaque.”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 char:33994-34240 observation first hand
11
Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft observations during the 1970s and 1980s found that Saturn, Uranus and Neptune each radiate more energy into space than they receive from the sun, despite lacking internal nuclear fusion.
“Later Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft observations across the 1970s and ’80s added the other “gas giant planets,” Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, to the list of solar system worlds that somehow, without internal nuclear fusion processes (like stars) still managed to radiate more energy out into space than they receive directly from the sun”
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Arthur Schuster's prediction of planetary magnetic field strengths, made in 1912, preceded by more than sixty years the 1973-74 confirmation of Jupiter's magnetic field by the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft close-up encounters, as reported by Warwick (1976).
“Schuster’s prediction, made over sixty years prior to the 1973-74 Pioneer 10 and 11 close-up confirmations (Warwick 1976), led Warwick to comment thusly on the remarkably predictive power of “Schuster’s hypothesis” in 1971”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch9:49137-49355 administrative second hand
13
NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft later confirmed Ingo Swann's remote-viewing findings about Jupiter when it flew past the planet in the 1970s.
“These findings were later confirmed by NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft, which then flew past Jupiter in the 70s.”
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