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Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth (edition.cnn.com)

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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that’s causing a bit of a communication breakdown between the 46-year-old probe and its mission team on Earth.

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago

I hope they can say that about me one day

“He was basically built to live 75 years. Fortunately for us, and for science, he’s still sending back signals these 4,000 years later”

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Nope! Not me. I'm kinda hoping to undershoot the median age. My warranty's expired and I really don't know if I'm up for the "maybe we can find parts at the You-Pick" stage of existence.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 11 months ago

No choice, pal. In our own subjective universe we never die.

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