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  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    so it's just junk spinning around in space soon with no more use to everyone?

    • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      I rarely downvote, but the actual Voyager probes are an inspirational story of real scientific triumph. I will not hear them smeared!

      Somehow, the first thing we sent out of the solar system intentionally wasn't a conquering fleet, a self-aggrandizing tyrant/cult leader/gazillionaire, or a swarm of mining bots thirsty for lanthanides, but rather a sincere artifact of curiousity. We've kept it running long past its intended service life, and indeed the best-before date of many of its designers. It's a "Humanity, Fuck Yeah" story that's heartwarming instead of jingoistic.

      My budget platform is "ask how much NASA wants each year, and put a zero behind it."

      • Grownbravy [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        good point, Voyagers power systems are supposed to have at least another year which is more than most will say about musk

    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      now now, thats still a million times more useful than elon