And with 50 year old tech! I do wonder if humanity will get to a point where we can retrieve the spacecraft at some point in the future (cue Star Trek fantasies)

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bonzini 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Technically, the receivers need not use 50 years old tech. I am saying that not to be annoying but because I wonder how much that matters.

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cryptonector 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed, it could have been obsolete tech as of launch. That's typically how it goes.

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absoflutely 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I believe they meant that the receivers/transmitters on Earth are likely newer than 50 years old. And you're also probably right that the hardware installed on the voyager could be several years older than the launch date of the craft

	▲	jacquesm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Deep_Space_Network

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deadnomore 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would prefer they just maintain it as long as possible and maybe deploy a proxy for earth that trails behind it indefinitely once it’s finally out of range. Let’s set an unbreakable record.