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I love the deadpan conclusion:

   "Voyager 2 continues to operate normally."

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Also, it appears that Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1, according to Wikipedia... So maybe they had problems with Voyager 1 from the very beginning.

"It was launched 16 days before its 'twin', Voyager 1"

I guess unless Voyager 0 is the final goal. Either way, NASA is not using money efficiently.

Even if we had a backup probe to launch right now, it would take 46 years for it to get to where voyager 1 is now. How is the cost of repairing voyager 1 greater than 46 years of lost data?

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