I think the time — for reconnecting — has come… and gone.
I am not happy about it, but the craft served admirably, for well over a decade.
If it is in fact tumbling erratically, its solar panels have been unable to completely charge the spacecraft’s batteries.
That state of affairs has been true — since about December 6, 2025.
Two months of drain on the batteries is probably beyond its ability to recover and send a signal home, by radio. Thus — “travel well, but travel light, oh Maven.”
Onward, resolutely.
नमस्ते