Seeing this news is a nice tribute to Ed Stone, who was one of the core project scientists for Voyager and recently passed [1] (and all those who work/worked on the program).
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Stone at a public NASA event many years ago. I asked him, perhaps a silly question: "what does it feel like to know you built the furthest man-made known object in the universe?".
He paused for a moment, after which he responded, with a smile: "Pretty darn good".
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Stone at a public NASA event many years ago. I asked him, perhaps a silly question: "what does it feel like to know you built the furthest man-made known object in the universe?".
He paused for a moment, after which he responded, with a smile: "Pretty darn good".
RIP, Dr. Stone and go Voyager go!
[1] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ed-stone-former-director-of-jp...