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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.
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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.