http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/291951
NASA's Voyager 2 spaceship 'hijacked by
aliens'
Pasadena - NASA's Voyager 2, which is touring the outer reaches
of our galaxy, suddenly began to send back messages to Earth that
scientists cannot interpret. A German researcher believes those
sounds may come from aliens.
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 was propelled into "... the solar
system's final frontier, a vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun's
influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between
stars," said NASA. It was May 24, 2005 and NASA was excited about
the capacity it had through Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to explore
space. Project scientist Dr. Edward Stone, who helped build the
Voyager crowed,
"Voyager has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of
interstellar space, as it begins exploring the solar system's final
frontier."
Both Voyagers 1 and 2 are identical, but each is allowing
scientists to learn more about different parts of our solar system.
Both also carry what NASA calls a Golden Record on board. The
record is
"... a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our
world to extraterrestrials. The Voyager message is carried by a
phonograph record-a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing
sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and
culture on Earth."
Since its launch, Voyager 2 has been sending streams of data back
to Earth for study by scientists, but on April 22, 2010, that
stream of information suddenly changed. NASA said diagnostics
appear to show a problem with the flight data system, and engineers
are optimistic that a software patch will solve the glitch. Dr.
Stone said
"Voyager 2's initial mission was a four-year journey to Saturn, but
it is still returning data 33 years later. It has already given us
remarkable views of Uranus and Neptune, planets we had never seen
close-up before. We will know soon what it will take for it to
continue its epic journey of discovery."
During its 33 years of service, NASA said the Voyager 2
"... has visited more planets than any other spacecraft, swinging
by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ... With a somewhat lower
speed than Voyager 1, it is about eighty percent as far from the
Sun."
In an effort to fix what NASA calls a "glitch," Voyager 2 has been
given instructions to transmit only information about the status of
the spacecraft while scientists continue to analyze the problem.
All NASA has said of the glitch is that Voyager 2 suddenly began
transmitting data in a completely different format, according to
Spaceflight Now, who interviewed Dr. Stone. The spacecraft is said
to be completely fine, and the on-board computer also is thought to
be functioning properly, aside from the glitch in the transmission
of data.
However, the glitch has prompted speculation. German researcher
Hartwig Hausdorf has chalked up the problem to aliens. To be
specific, he posits that the Voyager 2 was hijacked by aliens.
According to Bild.com, Hausdorf said
"It seems almost as if someone had reprogrammed or hijacked the
probe – thus perhaps we do not yet know the whole truth…”
Bild writer Attila Albert speculated that the Golden Record might
have attracted the aliens.
NASA is not confirming that there is anything special about the
transmission it received on April 22.
