Alphane Moon to SpaceEnglish • 3 days agoVoyager space probe closes in on a 50 year missionwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up169arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkVoyager space probe closes in on a 50 year missionwww.theregister.comAlphane Moon to SpaceEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square4cross-posted to: hardware
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 days agoI didn’t realize this detail about them, and I’m old enough to have read about them like crazy at launch time. Good info, I’d wondered how they were powered, but never enough to go look it up (I probably knew in 1978, but that was a few years ago).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 days agoThere are actually tons of nuclear power systems like this in space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_systems_in_space
I didn’t realize this detail about them, and I’m old enough to have read about them like crazy at launch time.
Good info, I’d wondered how they were powered, but never enough to go look it up (I probably knew in 1978, but that was a few years ago).
There are actually tons of nuclear power systems like this in space:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_systems_in_space