Hi ... This from slashdot.org

Science: NASA Gives Up On Pioneer 10
SpacePosted by michael on Tuesday February 25, @10:39PM
from the klingon-target-practice dept.
Soft writes "Another Energizer Bunny has finally given out: Pioneer 
10's generators have decayed to the point that DSN can no longer detect 
the probe's signals. It was the first spacecraft to penetrate the 
asteroid belt (1972) and fly by Jupiter (1973). So long and thanks for 
all the pic's..." 

The link is:

        http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2003/03_25HQ.html

    Michael

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