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Incredible to see the same faces in that photo as in the excellent documentary: https://www.itsquieterfilm.com/

Voyager might make it to 2027.



> Voyager might make it to 2027.

With some amount of luck, Voyager might last ten more years beyond that:

"Even if science data won't likely be collected after 2025, engineering data could continue to be returned for several more years. The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to Earth."

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/

(And then, 15,000 years later, maybe this happens: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football )


Can’t possibly say enough good things about this Jon Bois fellow.


rip centennial bulb

I hope the 3rd installment comes out someday. Seems to be on permanent hiatus.


That bulb in Livermore is still lit.

Or are you talking about something else?


Referencing 17776 by Jon Bois when the bulb (spoiler alert?) meets its demise. A tragic day for sentient satellites and immortal football fans alike.


> With some amount of luck, Voyager might last ten more years beyond that:

Oh, good, it won't have to suffer a year 2038 problem :)

Also: what's with that last link? Definitely didn't expect something to make my browser slow to a crawl.


That was remarkably good!


What is this sbnation link? The text explodes and a calendar pops up.


Keep reading. It’s a story.


Existential crisis as football was not on my expected list for today.


What a sweet film. Thank you for the link. This whole time when I heard about work on the Voyager mission I assumed there was a larger team, with fewer single points of failure.


no way to purchase/watch this outside of certain regions (I presume US-only or similar). What a shame.


The documentary only came out less than 2 years ago, one would imagine most of the same people would be there - though I don't see Jefferson Hall.




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