The power output from the RTG will drop low enough to no longer run the
instruments before it is too far away. IIRC this is expected to happen around
2025.
-Pete
On Dec 5, 2017, at 12:55, Monroe L. King Jr. <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Just WOW! Hard to believe they can still contact it. It will be sad day
when it's out of reach.
Monroe
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [AR] It still works.
From: "Anthony Cesaroni" <acesaroni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, December 05, 2017 12:51 pm
To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://www.iflscience.com/space/we-just-sent-a-signal-13-billion-miles-into-
space-and-got-a-response-from-a-decadesold-spacecraft/
Anthony J. Cesaroni
President/CEO
Cesaroni Technology/Cesaroni Aerospace
<http://www.cesaronitech.com/> http://www.cesaronitech.com/
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