Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
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Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
From Ars Technica:
“ "It would be the biggest miracle if we get it back. We certainly haven't given up." “
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/h ... er-glitch/
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“ "It would be the biggest miracle if we get it back. We certainly haven't given up." “
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/h ... er-glitch/
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Re: Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
Thanks Stephen.
50 years gone and still an interesting read!
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50 years gone and still an interesting read!
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Re: Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
I do hope they manage to recover.
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Re: Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
This is really to bad. I have enjoyed Voyagers info for many years. Voyager has had a long life even outliving it's creators.
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Re: Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
As an antenna guy, these lines from the article caught my attention: "The spacecraft's vast distance and position in the southern sky require NASA to use the largest 230-foot (70-meter) antenna at a Deep Space Network tracking site in Australia," Yup. And "Voyager's 12-foot (3.7-meter) dish antenna..." Yup. Right. Now think about those two antennas in a related context -- the communication challenges with vastly tinier spacecraft, vastly farther away, i.e., of the type that some ambitious people suggest for project "Breakthrough Starshot." See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot. So forget microwaves. These folks hope to communicate with lasers: https://www.popsci.com/three-questions- ... -starshot/ . Not gonna happen in my lifetime. Probably not yours either (that is, if you are old enough to read this today). But the future keeps going, so maybe our descendants can see it happen.
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Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still: "There are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you.”
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Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still: "There are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you.”
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