http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/20/tech/main519236.shtml
Looks like they still get back data (of what I dont know since they passed
the known planets). Voyager will have power untill 2020 or somewhere around
there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris" <cb_at_mythtech.net>
To: <vance_at_neurotica.com>
Cc: "Classic Computers" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: Oldest computer still in current use
> >> Although I would rule out the Voyager computer for two reasons. 1: You
> >> can't say for sure that it is still running (is it still sending back
> >> data?) and 2: Its only still running because no one shut it off.
> >
> >Both Voyager spacecraft are still transmitting.
>
> Is NASA still getting data? I assume it will continue to transmit until a
> failure of some kind occurs, regardless of if we can hear it. But I
> didn't think NASA was still getting data from V_YGER :-)
>
> -chris
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 00:33:01 BST