Reply to post: Re: why 2032 ?

Voyager 2 receives and executes first command in 11 months as sole antenna that reaches it returns to work

KarMann Silver badge
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Re: why 2032 ?

Right there in the previous paragraph, the RTGs will run lower and lower as half-lives pass, and that's when they estimate it won't have enough juice left to keep it in contact with Earth. Unless, of course, we can get a Mr. Fusion unit to it by then….

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