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So the Voyager Space Craft is back on line. A voyage that started in 1977 is now 17 light hours away and the machine is still working!!!
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DudeistPriest · M
I read about this earlier. Seems it needed to rotate in order to run a calibration test but two of its systems drew too much power simultaneously so its 1977-era software successfully shut it down to preserve power. It corrected itself and is back online now. Is that right?
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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@DudeistPriest You are right. It is a fascinating machine along with its twin is still working and still sending useful data back from 18.5 billion miles away.
DudeistPriest · M
@Quimliqer Yes, both Voyager spacecraft have left the boundary of our solar system. Voyager 2 entered interstellar space in November 2018, while Voyager 1 did so earlier in August 2012.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1gtC6kuPg]
Voyager 1 will wander interstellar space for a mere 40,000 years before it passes by the star AC+79 3888, 17.6 light-years from Earth. Voyager 2 will wander interstellar space for 296,000 years before it passes near Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, 10.3 light-years from Earth.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1gtC6kuPg]
Voyager 1 will wander interstellar space for a mere 40,000 years before it passes by the star AC+79 3888, 17.6 light-years from Earth. Voyager 2 will wander interstellar space for 296,000 years before it passes near Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, 10.3 light-years from Earth.
DudeistPriest · M
@Quimliqer 😉