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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by cpuguy83 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @06:48PM (#31794500)
Mainly record high inflation and the gas crisis (which was way worse than today's).

Whether or not anyone could have stopped that doesn't matter, ppl attribute this to him.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by TedDoesntTalk on Saturday June 18, 2022 @11:58PM (#31796034)
He was also blamed for not bringing home the American prisoners that Iran kidnapped.
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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by perilunar on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:44AM (#31807843)
I never understood that. He authorised a mission to do it; it was hardly his fault the mission failed.
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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by mc32 on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:25PM (#31818626)
"Mission Accomplished!" Yes, they all get blamed for things not under their control.
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