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Voyager's long farewell: NASA will start shutting down instruments on two iconic spacecraft that have been travelling through space for over 44 YEARS – in a bid to extend their lives even longer
2022-06-22
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  The Aliens asks us to please stop sending naked photos of ourselves with directions to our home planet.

It's just creepy....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-06-22 20:38  

#4  Back when the US could make its own Pu-240 for space missions...
Posted by: magpie   2022-06-22 09:22  

#3  ^ They're dealing with the microchip shortage and supply-chain issues
Posted by: Frank G   2022-06-22 08:54  

#2  per ST, V-ger will threaten earth in 2270 or so

the aliens that 'fixed' Voyager had better get busy if they want to meet that deadline
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-06-22 08:17  

#1  Back in the mystical days when Americans built things that lasted.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-06-22 07:30  

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