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Re:NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to E... by exitb on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @03:22AM (#40129429)
> The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036

It would be quite depressing if it was us failing to receive a fainter signal, rather than Voyager failing to send it.

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Re:NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to E... by gpvos on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @05:45AM (#40142373)
I think the reverse would be more depressing. There will inevitably come a time when the signal will be indiscernible from the background noise.
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Re:NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to E... by wolverine876 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @06:21PM (#40230329)
Is that strictly true? Doesn't it depend on the signal processing power of the receiver?
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