The Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 and now 92 Austronomical Units (AU) from the sun, is expected to have electric power until 2025 as it is slated to travel beyond the solar system before mission end. But a recent glitch in the software programming has a number of scientists from around the world and at NASA JPL scratching their heads - some now even pointing to the remote possiblity of alien contact!
A NASA insider said: “This is probably just a faulty machine spouting gibberish. But the idea it could have been found by intelligent life has excited people. If true, it could change the world in an instant," in an amusing report from The Daily Star.
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 will have been in space 33-years this coming summer.
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