18th June 2022, 4:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 18th June 2022, 4:02 AM by bls1999. Edited 2 times in total.)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...ower-down/
After nearly 45 years, NASA will start to power down some of the Voyager spacecrafts' instruments (in an effort to keep contact and functionality for as long as possible). It's pretty crazy to think that this mission that was supposed to last 4 years ended up lasting over 10 times that much.
To me, things like this have always been spooky yet interesting. Imagine -- millions of years after humans are gone, the Voyager spacecrafts will still carry the sounds of Earth. If you're unfamiliar with the mission, I'd highly recommend reading a bit about it!
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html
What does this mean to you? Are you interested in this kind of thing?
Thanks to @Different, who gave me the inspiration for this thread from their recent thread about the 4th dimension.
After nearly 45 years, NASA will start to power down some of the Voyager spacecrafts' instruments (in an effort to keep contact and functionality for as long as possible). It's pretty crazy to think that this mission that was supposed to last 4 years ended up lasting over 10 times that much.
To me, things like this have always been spooky yet interesting. Imagine -- millions of years after humans are gone, the Voyager spacecrafts will still carry the sounds of Earth. If you're unfamiliar with the mission, I'd highly recommend reading a bit about it!
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html
What does this mean to you? Are you interested in this kind of thing?
Thanks to @Different, who gave me the inspiration for this thread from their recent thread about the 4th dimension.
