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Voyager space probe closes in on a 50 year mission (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are actually tons of nuclear power systems like this in space:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_systems_in_space

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Oh, yea, I'd just forgotten what specifically voyager used.