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Dumb question... How is Voyager able to transmit such a great distance, even after all these years? Hasn't its battery died yet? Also how does it power its s
by kenjackson 14y ago
Dumb question...
How is Voyager able to transmit such a great distance, even after all these years? Hasn't its battery died yet? Also how does it power its sensors (to measure radiation and such)?
- davidroberts 14y agoWikipedia has a good article about it that answers those questions.
- robryan 14y agoNuclear power: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Power Although even that will come to an end in around 2025.