Voyager 1 - Working Again

[Ming the Merciless]

Now this is what you call fixing computers remotely.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...n-after-nasa-remotely-fixes-46-year-old-probe

 

[Drago]

No need to thank me. Just doing my job.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Staggering that something launched in 1977 is still going strong. The foresight of the engineers on the initial launch must have been huge.

 

[ianrauk]

Its mind blowing the figures I saw on the news last night. Distance, time and speed etc.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Its mind blowing the figures I saw on the news last night. Distance, time and speed etc.

And then how long to reach next star just emphasises how empty space is.

 

[Chromatic]

And then how long to reach next star just emphasises how empty space is.

How long is it?

 

[Drago]

How long is it?

Not due at the next star for a few weeks or so. Pretty mind blowing stuff the time and distances involved, and really it's our near neighbourhood.

 

[cyberknight]

40 thousand years to the next star if i remember right at its current velocity

 

[numbnuts]

So they pulled the plug out and put it in again........

 

[Fab Foodie]

How long is it?

Quite long.

 

[Dogtrousers]

40 thousand years to the next star if i remember right at its current velocity

Yes, I think it's 40,000 years until it passes near to another star.

How near? Oh, just a light year or so. That counts as "near".

 

[figbat]

Yes, I think it's 40,000 years until it passes near to another star.

How near? Oh, just a light year or so. That counts as "near".

It’s only just under 1 light day away from the Sun, so 1 light year is not that close!

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

 

[Dogtrousers]

It’s only just under 1 light day away from the Sun, so 1 light year is not that close!

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

It's as near as it's gonna get to any star other than the sun for 40,000 years!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not due at the next star for a few weeks or so

😂

 

[Ming the Merciless]

So they pulled the plug out and put it in again........

Actually no, they moved some code to a bit of memory that wasn’t corrupted and patched the other code to point to the new location. A chip had failed, hardware failure.