NASA powers down science instrument to conserve Voyager 2 power supply

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They should send a powerbank up to the Voyager.

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  Yeah, that is a joke but made me wonder two things:

  1. Say you have the abillity to connect a powerbank to the Voyager, how long would a typical powerbank with 3x 16850 cells be able to power the probe?
  2. Would it be possible to build a proble like Voyager 2, which has a docking port and could accept a space craft that could transfer power to the Voyager 2?

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why wouldn’t you just send a new device at that point? Also Voyager is actively moving so it would be very hard to catch up to

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Too cold for batteries. That, and longevity, is why they used an RTG.

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