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Old December 2nd 17, 02:43 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
RichA[_6_]
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Default Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years

On Friday, 1 December 2017 20:41:25 UTC-5, palsing wrote:
This is so cool!

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.p...ly201 71201-1

"If you tried to start a car that's been sitting in a garage for decades, you might not expect the engine to respond. But a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully fired up Wednesday after 37 years without use..."


Thank goodness for miracle of radio-thermal generators. Still providing 300 watts of power after all these years.