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Somebody explain this. Voyager 2 related

Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:45 am
Posted by Geekboy
Member since Jan 2004
5047 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:45 am
Voyager 2 was launched August 20, 1977. It’s coming up on 44 years on it’s mission.

It is 11 billion miles away. It has left the solar system and is now in interstellar space.

We have re-established contact with it. It takes 17 hours each way to send and receive data from Voyager. 34 hours total.

Somebody explain this……
Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal?
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17249 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:47 am to
NASA has better shite
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
14378 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:47 am to
Subtle “I have a house” jab at OWLFAN.

Show some class.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
18254 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:50 am to
quote:

Somebody explain this……
Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal?

You need a bigger antenna...
Posted by saturday
Pronoun (Baw)
Member since Feb 2007
7144 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:51 am to
Because of swamp gas, baw.
Posted by Womski
Squire Creek
Member since Aug 2011
2762 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:56 am to
Voyager will pass near a star in 40,000 years
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
63019 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:59 am to
Because your cheap electronics were made in China
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29486 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:52 am to
quote:

Somebody explain this……
Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal?

Even better, Voyager uses magnetic tapes for working memory. They have to upload new subroutines to make the spacecraft do what they want. That’s how they’ve been able to modify the spacecraft to remain useful.

So nasa has been reprogramming a 50 year old computer in interstellar space to essentially change its purpose and function on the fly.
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
2665 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:34 am to
How much does your router cost?
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
13255 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:36 am to
I watched a YouTube video on the two voyagers. They were massively over engineered. The mission plan was supposed to just check out Jupiter and maybe Saturn, but the engineers wanted to see if they could explore the edge of the solar system, which they supposedly didn’t have the funding for. I don’t remember all the details.
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
11811 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:43 am to
Everyone in your neighborhood has WiFi so the transmitters have to be wimpy to prevent interference.

D.R. Horton doesn't build interstellar probes yet, so NASA can go all out with the signal strength.
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
33285 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:46 am to
quote:

Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal?


quality content.
bravo, Geek.
This post was edited on 6/6/21 at 9:51 am
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
22119 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:57 am to
quote:

Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal?


Despite being 11B miles away, there is a lot less shite between us and Voyager, than your laptop and router across your house
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
25454 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:33 am to
quote:

Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal? We have re-established contact with it. It takes 17 hours each way to send and receive data from Voyager. 34 hours total.
There is no drywall in space. Duh.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98689 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:51 am to
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Geekboy


Name does not check out
Posted by texn
Pronouns: Y'All/Y'All's
Member since Nov 2019
3525 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 11:18 am to
NASA got the extended warranty for Voyager 2
Posted by SouthernStyled
Member since Apr 2021
1307 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 11:28 am to
160 bits per second.

That's the download rate from Voyager.

Sound like a fair trade for perfect coverage of your house?
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
34035 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 11:47 am to
Line of sight
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
19163 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 12:29 pm to
quote:

We have re-established contact with it. It takes 17 hours each way to send and receive data from Voyager. 34 hours total.



Wonder if the Boomer guy on the project has hit "print" 34 times and wondered why it wont respond...


FWIW, I am a Boomer!
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1435 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 12:35 pm to
quote:

Why is it that if I move to the other side of the house I lose my WiFi signal?


Or when it clouds up the satellite tv goes out?
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