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One of the coolest science trips I made with my son, years ago, was to the Goldstone Deep Space complex in California. We got treated to an incredibly indepth
by canada_dry 6y ago
One of the coolest science trips I made with my son, years ago, was to the Goldstone Deep Space complex in California.
We got treated to an incredibly indepth tour of the facility - including looking into the ruby maser equipment that amplifies the infinitesimally minuscule signal from voyager.
Truly one of the crowning achievements of the 20th century is to have successfully sent these two objects into deep space and keep in contact with them for over four decades!!
- gjkood 6y agoThank you for this. Passed through Barstow several times but never knew this gem existed. Added to list of places to visit. For me personally, I think the deep space probes are the finest examples of man's ingenuity. The use of math and physics to plan and plot something like the journey of the Voyager probes across decades, to actually see it in action and working just as predicted is an amazing thing.
- gtdawg 6y agoAny information on how to visit? I tried visiting there as a spur of the moment thing when I was passing through Barstow. The military checkpoint personnel on the road to Goldstone were not happy and turned me away after a light questioning, checking driver license and license plate against databases, and visually inspecting the inside of the vehicle from outside with the windows down.
- eightysixfour 6y agoSeems like this is the info you need: https://www.gdscc.nasa.gov/?page_id=35 https://www.gdscc.nasa.gov/?page_id=35?
- gtdawg 6y agoThanks for this, years ago when I was on the road and wanted to visit last minute and quickly searched for information on where to go and tours, I didn't find this gem. Really helpful to see they have a visitors center in Barstow.