NASA lost contact with the interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft for nearly a week after a technical glitch shut off the probe's main transmitter. Using Voyager's weaker backup transmitter, engineers are assessing the problem from 15 billion miles away.
  • uservoid1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    74·
    8 months ago

    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”

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
      27·
      8 months ago

      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

      • Big_Boss_77English
        5·
        8 months ago

        This is the exact bit of data I was searching for, thanks a bunch.

    • whaleross@lemmy.world
      10·
      8 months ago

      A hacker has hijacked the communication relay and managed to install Doom on the Voyager. The game runs perfectly but the user interface is reported to be somewhat laggy.