V'ger will be dead by 2025, so sad

[dionysus1999]

Voyager 2's onboard energy source(s) will be depleted by 2025.    I can track my adolescence through the discoveries of this and it's sister, Voyager 1.  Thanks for the memories.   These hunks of primitive technology will be drifting in the black long after anything that resembles humanity is long gone. 

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[simianpower]

Dead... or immortal!

[dionysus1999]

I'd love to see home space hackers come up with a way to beam energy to Voyager.

[_earthshine_]

It's true: the Stek-Trek-The-Motion-Picture-esque machine intelligence lingering in the next star system along V'ger's path will find no life in its ancient circuitry.

Remember, however, the gold-plated messages on the craft provide not only clues to our mathematical system and the location of our sun, but also audio recordings in the same format as none other than a good old-fashioned vinyl record. No tech required to play that back.

Long live analog. :)

[dionysus1999]

What self-respecting civilization won't have phonographs? ;)

[_earthshine_]

*laugh* Exactly!