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The plasma spectrometer for the Voyager space probe. Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies. LIGHT FOR EVER Soon after the Second World War, when Anton was 12, Boldraž became one of the first settlements in Bela Krajina to be electrified. Anton recalls how the magnificent light of the electric bulb inspired his choice of a career. 28 As a project engineer, Mavretič’s name appe- ars on a golden plate attached to the PLS instru- ment, which is still travelling deep in interstellar space. Even when Earth is gone, it will continue to travel through space aboard the Voyager time capsule, carrying the name of the Sloveni- an scientist some call the new Noordung.