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The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/space@lemmy.ml

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[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Godspeed Voyager probes. In my mind, these are one of the seven wonders of the modern world.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I remain fascinated by these 2 plucky adventurers and became attached to them. I was 7 when they launched and watched updates on John Cravens Newsround (news program for kids) and then also through school, College, University and professional life. Aged mid 50s, they feel like one of us out there.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

[–] Simmy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought they fixed the issues. Anyways article is under a paywall, so can't read

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The probes are running out of fuel, so they're not going to have enough energy to keep operating their systems for much longer.

[–] Simmy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Someone close by should mod it with a cheap low powered raspberry pi, simple.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Why would they not have used a better fuel source? Is are they dumb?