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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by hulitu on Friday April 28, 2023 @10:24AM (#35741618)
> Everything about Voyager is just mind-blowing. These are 45 year old electronic devices, using 70's tech, with zero maintenance, operating 22 light hours away.

No, what is mind blowing is that we are not able to do it again.

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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by jfengel on Friday April 28, 2023 @11:33AM (#35742518)
We did do it again. We got New Horizons out to Pluto a lot faster, without the aid of the remarkable alignment that made Voyager possible.

We keep exploring the solar system. There's no reason to repeat the same experiments. We've explored the planets in a lot more depth, and just launched even more.

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