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33. It is stated in the passage that Voyager 1 ----.
32. - 34. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
A) was expected to return to Earth at the end of its
journey
In April 2002, an event demonstrated one of the many
B) was affected negatively by the atmospheric
applications of information theory. Voyager 1 was launched
conditions in space
in 1977 and returned spectacular images of Jupiter and
C) was responsible for only three planets
Saturn before departing from the solar system on a
D) lost its contact with Earth for 25 years
one-way mission to the stars. After 25 years of exposure
to the icy conditions of outer space, sensors and circuits E) could not solve technical problems itself
were on the verge of failure, and NASA experts realised
they needed to act quickly or would risk losing contact with
their probe forever. The solution was to send a message
to Voyager 1, instructing it to replace the failing parts with
spares. This was a difficult task because the search was
12 billion kilometres away from Earth. The message was
broadcast into space via a radio dish operated by NASA’s
Deep Space Network. Even at the speed of light, it took over
two hours to reach its destination, which was far beyond
Pluto’s orbit. Despite this, the small probe was able to hear
the faint call from its home planet, and was successfully
switched over.

32. It can be concluded from the passage that when 34. It can be understood from the passage that ----.
the Voyager 1 took the message, ----.
A) NASA was not very hopeful about the message
A) it was too late to make the switchover effectively sent to Voyager 1
B) the space programme had already failed its B) Voyager 1 sent ordinary pictures to Earth
mission immediately
C) NASA’s Deep Space Network decided to end its C) NASA experts were not able to detect the problem
operation on time
D) it had already used all of its spares in space D) space programmes are easy to manage for
NASA staff
E) it had been located well outside of Pluto’s orbit
E) Voyager 1 was programmed to work for only 25
years

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