The Other Final Frontier

Another legend has stopped taking up space. NASA has announced that Pioneer 10 last transmitted a signal to NASA in January, apparently signaling its demise. I do attach an asteroid to this death, as conceivably Pioneer could be jump-started. Lasting far longer than the 21 months originally planet, Pioneer 10 became a star in the NASA family, and at the time it stopped beeping, it had traveled 7.6 billion light-years in its 31-year journey from cradle to gravity. While Mr. Rogers' death was a meteor story, the passing of such a stellar performer surely deserves mention.