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Voyager 2 phones home and says everything is cool (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Ton@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (7 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.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And it was originally just supposed to go for five years

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"What exit strategy?"

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Stabbywithsocks1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought it was called the heliosphere.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Basically the same thing. Just different parts of it.

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