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Voyager I thrusters fired for first time in 37 years
Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:54 pm
Primary thrusters used to keep the antenna pointed towards Earth have finally worn out.
Other thrusters haven't been used once in 37 years. NASA sends a command to the spacecraft (which has already left our solar system) and they work perfectly.
Goddamn outstanding.
As for the engineers and technicians from the 60s and 70s who worked on the Voyager project, you SOBs were either that good or that lucky.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/01/us/voyager-1-thrusters-fired-first-time-since-1980/index.html
Other thrusters haven't been used once in 37 years. NASA sends a command to the spacecraft (which has already left our solar system) and they work perfectly.
Goddamn outstanding.
As for the engineers and technicians from the 60s and 70s who worked on the Voyager project, you SOBs were either that good or that lucky.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/01/us/voyager-1-thrusters-fired-first-time-since-1980/index.html
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Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:55 pm to reverendotis
So, there's no rust in space?
Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:56 pm to bhtigerfan
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So, there's no rust in space?
Is there oxygen in space?
Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:57 pm to GetCocky11
I swear to god 90 percent of the population is too stupid to breed.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:58 pm to reverendotis
How the heck do you send a command to something that far away? Blows my mind
Posted on 12/2/17 at 7:59 pm to CptBengal
Sarcasm.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:00 pm to Civildawg
quote:Internet baw.
How the heck do you send a command to something that far away?
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:01 pm to Civildawg
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How the heck do you send a command to something that far away? Blows my mind
It is going to come back and terrify our great-great-great-great-great grandchildren.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:01 pm to bhtigerfan
Engineers in the 50’s and 60’s were big time brainiacs. Put men on the moon while engineering all NEW tech on the job. The men that went were brave as brave could be. That’s all BEFORE the dept of education was started in the late 1970’s which brought nothing but waste and corruption to education. The dept of education was the beginning of the end of ACTUAL education!
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:04 pm to reverendotis
I don't know much about space but I figured shite would be preserved pretty well. Very impressive.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:04 pm to GetCocky11
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It is going to come back and terrify our great-great-great-great-great grandchildren.
Only old farts like you and I will get this.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:04 pm to bhtigerfan
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there's no rust in space
Thank God no, because the Voyager spacecraft are made of the same sheet metal as a 77 Buick.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:05 pm to CptBengal
Or you're too stupid to recognize an obvious joke. One or the other.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:05 pm to Civildawg
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How the heck do you send a command to something that far away? Blows my mind
I assume something like this
This post was edited on 12/2/17 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:07 pm to Picayuner
It was actually a group of sassy black women.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:09 pm to Old Money
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I assume something like this
Not sure if serious....
Do you know what those big dishes are for?
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:12 pm to reverendotis
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As for the engineers and technicians from the 60s and 70s who worked on the Voyager project, you SOBs were either that good or that lucky.
. I cant imagine a entire career doing all your calculations with a slide rule. I did a year as a physics major with a slide rule, if not for cheap scientific calculators becoming available at that time I would have changed my major.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:17 pm to reverendotis
It was launched in 1977, left our solar system in 2013 and wont get close(1.7 light years) to another star for 40,000 years.
We are kinda isolated..Space = WOW
We are kinda isolated..Space = WOW
This post was edited on 12/2/17 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:20 pm to EA6B
I would feel well satisfied if any of the systems or the equipment that I have been a part of designing, building or maintaining are functioning per their nameplate specs in 37 years. That's WITH the benefit of routine inspection and maintenance.
Also, my handiwork is not traveling at 11 miles per second, 12.75 billion miles from Earth.
Also, my handiwork is not traveling at 11 miles per second, 12.75 billion miles from Earth.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 8:24 pm to reverendotis
It’s 13 billion miles away. It took 19 and a half hours for the radio signal to reach back to earth. I can hardly imagine that , me .
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