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Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Science Data from Two Instruments - NASA

blogs.nasa.gov Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Science Data from Two Instruments - Voyager

Voyager 1 has resumed returning science data from two of its four instruments for the first time since a computer issue arose with the spacecraft in November

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I just want to give kudos to the engineers who are working with fifty-year-old software to reprogram entirely a spacecraft that's nearly a light-day away. Holy shit.
- Imagine the xkcd meme but instead of waiting on compilation, you're waiting for the speed of light!
  
  ¿Por qué no los dos?
- Modern earth-based phones often don't last more than a few years, then there's gigachad 1970s tech floating in interstellar space still chooching.
  
  Yeah, I mean it's basically running on a toaster. Crazy how much radiation the Voyager probes have to have sustained.

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