the Voyager thread - nearing the end

[Hagbard Celine 11201]

there was another loss of comms last month that took 3 weeks to hack

the plutonium is about spent

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/science/voyager-1-radio-transmitter-power-supply/index.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

and in catching up on this topic we missed the passing of ed stone in june

he was the original jpl pm for voyager

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/edward-stone-1936-2024

the probes were launched 47 years ago.....  will they make 50?

the 2017 pbs documentary "the farthest" is available for free in 4k and it's a tearjerker

97 minutes - sit down with your kids and make sure they know this story

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-farthest-voyager-in-space-qpbu4y/