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Update on the NASA Voyagers
Benta:
I'm just fascinated about this mission:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/nasa-wants-the-voyagers-to-age-gracefully-so-its-time-for-a-software-patch/
mendip_discovery:
I wish they would send more like this out there. With what we know we might be able to improve their abilities and maybe get them further out. Or at least get a snapshot of the same data but 50 year apart.
Messtechniker:
Just wondering what sort of
capactors are being used here.
Built during pre-capacitor plague eara :)
Probably the circuits use as few capacitors as possible.
Gyro:
Any capacitors of significant size are probably Wet Tantalum.
Gyro:
--- Quote from: mendip_discovery on October 24, 2023, 08:27:31 pm ---I wish they would send more like this out there. With what we know we might be able to improve their abilities and maybe get them further out. Or at least get a snapshot of the same data but 50 year apart.
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I seem to remember some controversy about the safety risks of launching Radioisotope powered SVs. I can't find much on the NASA website in the way of recent launches - although most other stuff can be done with solar panels.
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