Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoVoyager space probe closes in on a 50 year missionwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkVoyager space probe closes in on a 50 year missionwww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·5 days agoNot to be a “snob”, but chances are if you know about Voyager 1/2, you probably know that their power supplies are running out. More clarity is never bad though.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoI didn’t realize this detail about them, and I’m old enough to have read about them like crazy at launch time. Good info, I’d wondered how they were powered, but never enough to go look it up (I probably knew in 1978, but that was a few years ago).
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoThere are actually tons of nuclear power systems like this in space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_systems_in_space
Not to be a “snob”, but chances are if you know about Voyager 1/2, you probably know that their power supplies are running out. More clarity is never bad though.
I didn’t realize this detail about them, and I’m old enough to have read about them like crazy at launch time.
Good info, I’d wondered how they were powered, but never enough to go look it up (I probably knew in 1978, but that was a few years ago).
There are actually tons of nuclear power systems like this in space:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_systems_in_space