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NASA Gives Up On Pioneer 10

Posted by michael on from the klingon-target-practice dept.

Soft writes "Another Energizer Bunny has finally given out: Pioneer 10's generators have decayed to the point that DSN can no longer detect the probe's signals. It was the first spacecraft to penetrate the asteroid belt (1972) and fly by Jupiter (1973). So long and thanks for all the pic's..."

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  1. Re:Thats one old satelite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Asshat, P10 IS NOT A SATELLITE!

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

    Yeah, I *felt* like yelling! Fucking kids!

  2. Re:I kind of expected to read by Flakeloaf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So did I, but there's really no moronic place to put an apostrophe in that sentence. "fi'sh"?

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