NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix (www.theregister.com)

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When it reaches another sentient species, in another Eleventy Thousand Years, let me know.

I'm joking sarcastically, it's cool it's still functional, and a testament to real engineers.

Sail on, Vger. Just don't come back to kill us.

this post was submitted on 16 May 2025

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