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50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

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The DSS-43 radio antenna, located at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex , near Canberra, Australia, keeps open the line of communication between humans and probes during NASA missions. DSS-42 was retired in 2000. The antenna had a 26-meter-diameter dish. Furguson is the director of the complex.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart. The car is expected to cost around $40,000. Oh, and it looks wayyyyy cooler than the Volt.

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