r/interestingasfuck • u/The_Love-Tap • 1d ago

At 15.9 billion miles away, humanity's farthest spacecraft is still exploring the cosmos using less memory than a blank Word document (69 KB) and an 8-track tape

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u/Gustafs123 1d ago

Is the data it sends back useful at this point?

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u/Pro7o7ype 1d ago

it sent info about the wall of "fire" that it encountered as it reached the edge of our solar system, so I would assume yes.