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xkcd jokes about Voyager 1's 'laser show' and sound system

xkcd publishes "Voyager Instruments" comic

xkcd released comic #3302 titled "Voyager Instruments," a humorous take on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft that imagines its scientific instruments were disabled as a prank and remain off because no one wants to bother fixing them.

xkcd publishes "Voyager Instruments" comic
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“Convincing him to turn off the stupid laser show and useless sound system was such a huge ordeal that no one has wanted to do it again.”

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