47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades | CNN
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Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers on Earth and send back unique data.
  • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    So comparing to New Horizons mission

    • New Horizons mission cost is estimated to around 780mln in 2001-2017
    • Voyager cost is estimated at 850mln in 1977, which is ~2.8bln in 2006 dollars