floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoVoyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981www.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1348arrow-down1external-linkVoyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981www.livescience.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareuservoid1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·12 hours agoEvery few months there is a similar such story about this ancient marvel of technology and the people remotely maintaining it against all odds. I can imagine a headline 100 years from now: “Engineers are modifying Voyager 1 decorative panel bolt into a functional interstellar communicator”
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 hours agoeach line of code is transmitted over a bandwidth that only supports 1/2 a bit, and it takes 3.5 years to reach the Voyager
minus-squareBig_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThis is the exact bit of data I was searching for, thanks a bunch.
Every few months there is a similar such story about this ancient marvel of technology and the people remotely maintaining it against all odds.
I can imagine a headline 100 years from now:
“Engineers are modifying Voyager 1 decorative panel bolt into a functional interstellar communicator”
each line of code is transmitted over a bandwidth that only supports 1/2 a bit, and it takes 3.5 years to reach the Voyager
This is the exact bit of data I was searching for, thanks a bunch.