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| SiliconWizard:
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-loses-contact-voyager-2-sent-wrong-command-mistake-space-2023-8?r=US&IR=T |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on August 20, 2023, 09:58:27 pm ---https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-loses-contact-voyager-2-sent-wrong-command-mistake-space-2023-8?r=US&IR=T --- End quote --- You are late to the game. They designed the Voyager probes to re-align automatically. But they also sent some other commands to start this process earlier which has happened succesfully in the mean time. So nothing is lost. |
| sleemanj:
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/voyager-2-communication-reestablished-with-one-big-shout/ |
| CatalinaWOW:
Like certain famous comedians, writers and others, the reports of Voyager 2s death has proven premature. |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on August 20, 2023, 10:11:23 pm ---Like certain famous comedians, writers and others, the reports of Voyager 2s death has proven premature. --- End quote --- Indeed. There was a scare for a bit, but there are some smart minds around - some back in the 70s and some contemporary - that brought things back to nominal. Those people have my respect. :-+ |
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