Voyager program may lose it's funding

[Spacehead]

Washington Post Article

That's too bad, if it happens. I realize NASA needs to make cuts for other projects but it seems like some foundation could pick up the $2-4 million tab as both of these are still going strong.
Both of these were launched in 1977 so it's the only chance to get any data from that far out in the solar system.

More on Voyager

To get an idea of where they are in the solar system, click here.



If i may steal a line from OhioDude... no aliens have been detected by either of the probes 😉

 

[Assimilator1]

"By 2006, the spacecraft may have crossed into the outermost layer of solar atmosphere, where the supersonic wind has slowed and heated to a million degrees as it interacts with the interstellar wind," said California Institute of Technology physicist Edward C. Stone, Voyager's chief scientist from the outset. "If Voyager is terminated, we will lose the opportunity to observe [this] interaction."

In light of the above it would seem premature to pull the plug🙁
Amazing their still going so well after 28yrs!:Q

 

[amdxborg]

Thanx Spacehead! 😉

It would really be a shame to loose them. So much still to see... 🙁