Steve Silberman

8 months ago •

Steve Silberman
8 months ago •

This Doug Muir essay on the long-delayed death of the Voyager 1 spacecraft is an instant classic, one of the most gorgeously written #science pieces you'll read all year. [via @clive https://crookedtimber.org/2024/02/19/death-lonely-death/

Death, Lonely Death

Billions of miles away at the edge of the Solar System, Voyager 1 has gone mad and has begun to die.Let’s start with the “billions of miles”. Voyager 1 was launched in early Septe…

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