NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 😭😭😭😭

I've been reading for a coupla months Voyager 1's journey - at least in terms of us being able to communicate with it - may be coming to an end. It's totally unbelievable what this thing accomplished, including almost half a century of infinite inspiration. Truly one of mankind's greatest feats, which included the pool trick shot of all time. 

On the flip side, it took the famous Pale Blue Dot photo of the Earth which served as a avatar of man's inherent stupid, useless cruelty in a Universe that merely goes on and on, without notice or care:

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

If it really is done, I know I for one will miss it. 😢 (even if Viking I may have been my first love)

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