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Voyager 2 phones home and says everything is cool (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is so awesome, I cannot phantom a piece of tech that has stayed working for half a century. Imagine using a TV from 1977, let alone a flying computer powered by a nuclear battery.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And it was originally just supposed to go for five years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"What exit strategy?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"we uhh we meant to go through the heliopause! Yeah"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought it was called the heliosphere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Basically the same thing. Just different parts of it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I cannot phantom a piece of tech

I'm just happy it hasn't ghosted us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I read that sometime in 2025 it’s likely the Voyagers’ nuclear batteries won’t have enough power left to operate their instruments.

It will be kind of weird not to get occasional updates anymore. I graduated high school in 1977, and I’ve been hearing news about the Voyager probes for my entire adult life.