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CNN: 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades (www.cnn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

So comparing to New Horizons mission

  • New Horizons mission cost is estimated to around 780mln in 2001-2017
  • Voyager cost is estimated at 850mln in 1977, which is ~2.8bln in 2006 dollars