The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes
The two probes have left the solar system and are still collecting data from the interstellar environment—but their atomic hearts are growing weaker and weaker.
I remain fascinated by these 2 plucky adventurers and became attached to them. I was 7 when they launched and watched updates on John Cravens Newsround (news program for kids) and then also through school, College, University and professional life. Aged mid 50s, they feel like one of us out there.
Did you ever have the Voyager photo book? I was fascinated by mine as a kid.
I didn't, but wish I had! I was fascinated, and I still am. We will never see the Voyager probes again. With Hubble etc., we see so much more
Godspeed Voyager probes. In mind, these are one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
I thought they fixed the issues. Anyways article is under a paywall, so can't read
The probes are running out of fuel, so they're not going to have enough energy to keep operating their systems for much longer.
Someone close by should mod it with a cheap low powered raspberry pi, simple.
Why would they not have used a better fuel source? Is are they dumb?
