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NASA is changing settings on Voyager probes with hopes to keep them working another decade
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:28 pm
Everyone who originally designed and worked on these probes is now either dead or retired. They were launched in 1977 and are 11 billion miles from Earth. The plutonium heat sources in both probes are dwindling due to age.
It is like calling your IT department and asking them to support your 1977 Apple II.
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It is like calling your IT department and asking them to support your 1977 Apple II.
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Four decades after launch, NASA ‘has cut’ and ‘is planning to cut’ resources on its Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, both of which are plainly in interstellar space. NASA says the aim is to prolong science operations of both spacecraft for perhaps as long as another decade.
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But as Voyager project scientist Ed Stone emphasizes, there are no guarantees that their operation won’t stop at any time due to something besides a lack of fuel or the extraordinarily cold temperatures of our very local interstellar medium.
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This post was edited on 7/10/19 at 8:30 pm
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Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:29 pm to weagle99
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It is like calling your IT department and asking them to support your 1977 Apple II.
See the LSU server thread
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:33 pm to weagle99
The news out in Vger’s World:
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:34 pm to weagle99
This is the coolest thing NASA has done. Beats when those retards played golf on the moon.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:38 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Chicken right now:
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:39 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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Beats when those retards played golf on a TV set.
FIFY
This post was edited on 7/10/19 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:43 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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This is the coolest thing NASA has done.
The Grand Tour rivals the moon landing imo.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:47 pm to weagle99
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It is like calling your IT department and asking them to support your 1977 Apple II
Next nerd up.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:47 pm to weagle99
As far away as that is, it’s not even close to 1 light year away.
Thinking about the vastness of space actually makes my brain hurt. It’s just unreal.
One light year is approximately 5,880,000,000,000 miles.
Thinking about the vastness of space actually makes my brain hurt. It’s just unreal.
One light year is approximately 5,880,000,000,000 miles.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 8:48 pm to weagle99
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Voyager project scientist Ed Stone
What kind of job is this?
Posted on 7/10/19 at 9:38 pm to weagle99
This post was edited on 7/11/19 at 8:27 am
Posted on 7/10/19 at 9:45 pm to Nicky Parrish
About 20 light hours away.
After over 40 years of travel.
After over 40 years of travel.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 9:50 pm to Nicky Parrish
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Thinking about the vastness of space actually makes my brain hurt. It’s just unreal.
which is why i always laugh when they are dodging asteroid in Star Wars... nothing is close enough to where you have to "dodge" shite out in space, even at "warp speed"...
Posted on 7/10/19 at 10:13 pm to DavidTheGnome
in scientific understanding/discovery, sure. The volcano on Io + Neptune imagery was enough to rival half of what we learned from Apollo, scientifically.
But in engineering accomplishment and overall fricking badass amazement, Apollo was far, far ahead of Voyager. And I do love me some Voyager!
But in engineering accomplishment and overall fricking badass amazement, Apollo was far, far ahead of Voyager. And I do love me some Voyager!
Posted on 7/10/19 at 10:16 pm to chRxis
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which is why i always laugh when they are dodging asteroid in Star Wars... nothing is close enough to where you have to "dodge" shite out in space, even at "warp speed"...
It’s a movie
Posted on 7/10/19 at 10:28 pm to weagle99
My brain cannot comprehend how we are even still communicating with it.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 10:37 pm to TexasTiger1984
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My brain cannot comprehend how we are even still communicating with it.
Agreed. The delay on the communications signal must be hours or days?
Posted on 7/10/19 at 10:38 pm to weagle99
How are the Voyager spacecrafts powered? What is the source of power from which they draw to maintain the function of onboard heaters and other instrumentation? It’s been 40 years and they’re still sending data. That’s amazing.
Also, what kind of data is NASA receiving? I read in the article that it’s studying solar flares and such.
Also, what kind of data is NASA receiving? I read in the article that it’s studying solar flares and such.
This post was edited on 7/10/19 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 7/10/19 at 10:42 pm to DeafJam73
Plutonium
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