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Voyager Keeps on Trucking

Posted by michael on from the to-boldly-go dept.

spagiola writes "CNN has a brief story about Voyager I continuing on past Pluto, and about the problems of keeping in touch with it as it keeps heading further away. They've activated a spare sun sensor and star tracker. I wonder: would it make sense to send out another probe after it, to relay messages to/from it?"

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  1. Don't worry... by ringbarer · · Score: 0, Funny

    It'll merge with an alien entity and be back in a couple of centuries.

    --
    "Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
  2. What?!? by Servo5678 · · Score: 4, Funny
    What are you talking about? The series finale aired last June. It's called "Endgame" and...

    Oh, you meant the probe... my mistake...