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A cosmic ‘poke’ by NASA receives surprising response from Voyager 1 | CNN

edition.cnn.com A cosmic ‘poke’ by NASA receives surprising response from Voyager 1 | CNN

A “poke” sent to the Voyager 1 probe received a response that could help NASA restore reliable communication with the aging spacecraft 15 billion miles away.

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I hope the message thst came back was "i am V'ger"
- Send bob and vagene
  
  V'gene
Wasn't it last literally sending us gibberish like some kind of lovecraftian shit?
- I think they just realized it was a memory dump of some kind so they might be able to come up with something
  
  I SAID zero zero ONE zero you stupid smelly nerds
  
  -Voyager
- Or like a broken 45-year-old computer.
  
  That's what my 2020 beast computer feels like playing Rocket League, an almost ten year old game. Psyonix! 🖕🤜🤜
- What "lovecraftian" shit are you referring to?
  
  There were all kinds of jokes about it going mad at seeing something and thats why it was 'rambling'
Let the poor old thing rest for goodness sake!
- never!

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