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NASA Loses [lost] Contact with New Horizons; Probe Now in Safe Mode
universetoday ^
| July 5, 2015
| bob king
Posted on 07/05/2015 12:13:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
At 1:54 p.m. EDT, communications suddenly stopped and weren’t reestablished until 3:15 p.m. through NASA’s Deep Space Network. During the time it was out of contact with mission control, the spacecraft’s autonomous autopilot recognized the problem and did what it was programmed to do, switching from the main to the backup computer, according to NASA officials. The autopilot then commanded the backup computer to put New Horizons in “safe mode” — where all non-essential functions are shut down — and reinitiate communications with Earth
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New Horizons is presently almost 3 billion miles (4.9 billion km) from Earth. Due to the 8.8 hour, round trip communication delay, full recovery is expected to take from one to several days. During that time New Horizons will be unable to collect science data.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nasa; newhorizons; pluto; space
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:13:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Murphy’s law in full force.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:19:18 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
To: BenLurkin
It was the Chinese chips trying to send data back to Beijing.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:20:12 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: BenLurkin
After all these years, it’s nine days from it’s destination. Wonderful.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:21:42 PM PDT
by
Spirochete
(GOP: Give Obama Power)
To: BenLurkin
Hope they didn’t get the BSOD.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:24:16 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: BenLurkin
A little over a week away from Pluto.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:30:36 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: BenLurkin
ET screwing with NASA. . .
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:31:15 PM PDT
by
Hulka
To: BenLurkin
Bad time for this to happen - it’s so close.
No telling what valuable information we never got.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:31:55 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: BenLurkin
The Plutonians must have destroyed it with their advanced Weaponry.
The answer is always the same, ALIENS. It had to be ALIENS.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:34:28 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(They Live, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: Kickass Conservative
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:40:23 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:42:38 PM PDT
by
JPG
(What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
To: BenLurkin
Don’t tell me it was running WINDOWS?
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:44:50 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:45:31 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -Thomas Paine)
To: Swordmaker
Maybe it was running a MacOS instead and got so self superior it set off on its own.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:48:32 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: Crazieman
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:54:27 PM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
To: BenLurkin
So, we are supposed to believe this obvious cover story to hide our contact with aliens on Pluto?
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:54:31 PM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: JPG
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:56:18 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
To: BenLurkin
NASA Loses [lost] Contact with New Horizons; Probe Masha'Allah!
(As Allah has willed it)
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posted on
07/05/2015 1:02:57 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: Kickass Conservative
“The answer is always the same, ALIENS. It had to be ALIENS.”
It could be ELDRS!
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07/05/2015 1:05:34 PM PDT
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DBrow
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posted on
07/05/2015 1:07:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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