Everyone But NASA Wants To Wake Up This Long-Dormant Spacecraft, Motherboard
“Where organizations lose their interest–which is to say, funding–the crowd is there to step in. It’s true if there isn’t money for a Veronica Mars movie, and it’s true if the Mars Rover is taking up all of the space agency’s cash and attention. An old, even distinguished, NASA spacecraft is coasting toward Earth, but NASA can’t afford to bring it back online. That’s why a couple of guys want to take on the “geeky endeavor” of bumping it back in to place–with as many 80 year olds as they can find and a satellite dish in Kentucky.”