- Location
- Inside my skull
Now this is what you call fixing computers remotely.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...n-after-nasa-remotely-fixes-46-year-old-probe
https://www.theguardian.com/science...n-after-nasa-remotely-fixes-46-year-old-probe
Voyager 1 - Working Again
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
No need to thank me. Just doing my job.
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
Staggering that something launched in 1977 is still going strong. The foresight of the engineers on the initial launch must have been huge.
OP
OP
- Location
- Inside my skull
And then how long to reach next star just emphasises how empty space is.
Chromatic
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
How long is it?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
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
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
40 thousand years to the next star if i remember right at its current velocity
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
So they pulled the plug out and put it in again........
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Quite long.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
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
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
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
Kilometre nibbler
It's as near as it's gonna get to any star other than the sun for 40,000 years!
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OP
OP
- Location
- Inside my skull
OP
OP
- Location
- Inside my skull
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.
