Geek Alert

Maybe I've been reading too much Carl Sagan, but I find this news somewhat bittersweet and poingant.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to venture out of the solar system, has fallen silent after traveling billions of miles from Earth on a mission that has lasted nearly 31 years, NASA said Tuesday.

If only NASA had more funding. I wonder what they could do with the 32 billion dollars we just used to bribe Turkey?