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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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RTGs are still used for outer solar system missions. Not enough light for solar panels. Hell, even the Perseverance Mars rover, which was launched in 2020, has an RTG.

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Hm, didn’t know about those. Good to hear. RTGs are such a great technology.

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