When NASA was relevant. I hope one day again.
a continuing American astrophysics and engineering tour de force. kudos to all those who made it.
Fun fact: The solar heliosphere has been renamed to the Heliosphere of America.
“Biden appointed federal judge orders NASA to restart scientific sensors on Voyager 1 and 2”
I wonder if the code is written in Assembly
Impressive hardware from the pre-DEI era.
Maybe they’ll find signs of ET incoming...
That would be more interesting than interstellar dust.
“”The Voyager spacecraft have far surpassed their original mission””
The understatement of all understatements ever.
Both Voyagers have the longest running computers ever. The computer has the equivalent of the 8-track tape. Besides the everyday, incredible performance of both spacecraft, the Earthbound staff are amazing. The spacecraft are 15 billion miles away.
Below is a link to many of the articles/podcasts about the Voyagers from Behindtheblack.com, one of my favorite sources for all things space, aerospace, rocketry etc, from a definitely real, science-based person.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=voyager+behindtheblack.com&source=web
bttt
“exemplary engineering that had gone into the Voyagers - nearly 50 years ago”
The miracle is, both Voyagers were able to sneak thru - unnoticed by - the Van Allen Alien Spacecraft Field.