GoneWestUtah
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The cameras have long since been turned off to save power, I think the only time they are used is to get navigational fixes, if they even still work.
The nuclear power plants on board were designed to last 50 years. They are very close to that lifespan, power output has been decreasing for years so instruments have been turned off over the years to save power. At some point there won't be enough for a minimal instrumentation suite to operate, and that's when they will be turned off forever, or at least until someone or something in the far future finds and tries to re-activate them. Not likely but who knows?
Right now the data being sent back makes no sense. I would suspect a hardware issue or software glitch long before I'd suspect intelligent interference.
Human hubris is amazing. Alien intervention in our lives is always suspected by the conspiracy people. Sometimes things just break down. The fact that the probes have lasted longer than our refrigerators is amazing. These probes should have died decades ago. If you want to go down the alien path, it's more likely that aliens have kept them going, than sabotaged them, lol.
The nuclear power plants on board were designed to last 50 years. They are very close to that lifespan, power output has been decreasing for years so instruments have been turned off over the years to save power. At some point there won't be enough for a minimal instrumentation suite to operate, and that's when they will be turned off forever, or at least until someone or something in the far future finds and tries to re-activate them. Not likely but who knows?
Right now the data being sent back makes no sense. I would suspect a hardware issue or software glitch long before I'd suspect intelligent interference.
Human hubris is amazing. Alien intervention in our lives is always suspected by the conspiracy people. Sometimes things just break down. The fact that the probes have lasted longer than our refrigerators is amazing. These probes should have died decades ago. If you want to go down the alien path, it's more likely that aliens have kept them going, than sabotaged them, lol.