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Voyager 1 on verge of the other side

Article by: ALICIA CHANG , Associated Press
Updated: September 4, 2012 - 6:16 PM

35 years after its launch, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is near the distant border of the solar system.

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pager55387Sep. 4, 12 8:53 PM

We know this story. VGER comes back some day as part of a machine race and asks the question "is this all I am?"

f50gtaSep. 4, 1210:55 PM

NASA rocks

gbill7Sep. 4, 1211:10 PM

For those of you - probably much younger - who don't understand pager55387's comment, watch the first of the Star Trek movies! OMG, did that really come out 32 years ago?

cavellSep. 5, 12 7:08 AM

so what did we learn? nasa did it so they wouldn't loose federal funding.

turgidSep. 6, 12 8:04 AM

Amazingly, some people also get by using just 68 kilobytes of computer power.

swatisedSep. 6, 12 1:18 PM

that's government built hardware exceeding shelf life, mission requirements and continuing to provide service.

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