NASA Contour Probe May Not Be Broken After All

RedPhoenix writes "A few friends & I got together this morning to visit the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication station open day, just outside of Canberra Australia. One of the NASA team mentioned that there have been indications early this morning (AESTime) of a contact with the 'Contour' probe, that has been reported to have broken in two. Perhaps some cause for optimism? The most interesting part of the day though, was probably the little old wooden crate out the back of one of the warehouses, stamped with 'NASA Voyager 1 Mission' ... Now that would look nice as a geek coffee-table."

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Re:I hope NASA are getting facts right

[geoswan]

NASA however, do not have the defense budget. They only get what congress gives them. If this looks bad, then they'll get even less. $200m is a lot of money, and it's definately a lot of money to them.