Re: cost of probe to Pluto?


"Phil Wheeler" <w6tuh-ng7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> John Nichols wrote:
>> "Phil Wheeler" <w6tuh-ng7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Howard Lester wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Shawn" wrote
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Would have been $2.39 at Walmart
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>And it would have worked perfectly for seven years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Is that with or without the extended warranty?
>>>
>>>
>>>I worked on the first to leave the solar system. At the party
>>>celebrating that event, some one asked about the warranty. The Chief
>>>Engineer (then retired) said "You bring it back and we'll fix it".
>>>
>>>Phil
>>
>>
>> LOL!
>
>
> And it was still sending back data. They chose to turn it off a few years
> later.

That's mighty impressive, Phil. Still more so, if you consider what it
might still be sending back if it was still on.


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