Downlink Elegy

Since 1977 the Voyager 1 probe has been hurtling into space, collecting and transmitting valuable scientific data back to Earth. Voyager 1's original missions have long since been accomplished. Now the probe is running low on power, most of its scientific instruments are permanently deactivated, and its rate of data transmission has slowed to a tiny trickle. The Voyager Communication Interface (VC…