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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 29092155" data-attributes="member: 562115">Nowadays products are engineered to last 46 weeks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL    :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" />  The NASA engineers shutdown some of the heating systems to conserve power. But the fuel lines are still heated, otherwise these crack and also you lose the limited navigation capability. Even though the instrument temperatures fell, very well outside the tested levels, surprisingly these continued to work, In fact, some sensors were performing better, colder - the less noise output.The RTG loses 4W of power every year and that's the issue.Even after the Voyagers are completely muted, their journeys will continue. In another 16,700 years, Voyager 1 will pass our nearest neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, followed 3,600 years later by Voyager 2. Then they will continue to circle the galaxy for millions of years.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite22" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up    (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

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