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2022-06-22 Science & Technology

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

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Back in the mystical days when Americans built things that lasted.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-22 07:30|| 2022-06-22 07:30|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-06-22 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ They're dealing with the microchip shortage and supply-chain issues

Posted by Frank G 2022-06-22 08:54|| 2022-06-22 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Back when the US could make its own Pu-240 for space missions...

Posted by magpie 2022-06-22 09:22|| 2022-06-22 09:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-06-22 20:38|| Front Page Top

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