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A brief glimpse of future history-NASA fires Voyager thrusters dormant 37 years
2017-12-02
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  So when the Tesla in orbit around Mars starts with a flick of the key in 100 years...
Posted by: 3dc   2017-12-02 11:35  

#3  That's about how long my thruster's been dormant.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-12-02 11:33  

#2  V'ger?? Didn't I see a movie about this years ago? Didn't it find a mechanics shop out there and get some custom work done?
Posted by: AlanC   2017-12-02 08:13  

#1  Thanks for the post Skid. Going for forty years.

At 13 billion miles from Earth, there's no mechanic shop nearby to get a tune-up...
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-12-02 05:21  

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