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After Months of Gibberish, Voyager 1 Is Communicating Well Again
Elderberry:
Voyager 1 has three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) mounted on a boom. Each MHW-RTG contains 24 pressed plutonium-238 oxide spheres. The RTGs generated about 470 W of electric power at the time of launch, with the remainder being dissipated as waste heat.
bigheadfred:
15 billion miles out and still working. Wow!
catfish1957:
Who says that VGER might not have gotten a little help. :cool:
GtHawk:
--- Quote from: bigheadfred on April 23, 2024, 04:11:38 pm ---15 billion miles out and still working. Wow!
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Ah, the good old days when we made things to last :crying:
Gefn:
--- Quote from: GtHawk on April 23, 2024, 05:19:20 pm ---Ah, the good old days when we made things to last :crying:
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like its amazing how we got to the moon on 1969 technology
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