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Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ^
| 5/19/2010
| JPL
Posted on 05/18/2010 11:34:34 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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posted on
05/18/2010 11:38:25 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread:-General Heinz Guderian)
To: sonofstrangelove
I hate it when that happens!
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posted on
05/18/2010 11:39:27 PM PDT
by
Fichori
('Wee-Weed Up' pitchfork wielding neolithic caveman villager with lit torch. Any questions?)
To: sonofstrangelove
I thought they reported earlier that the checksum was correct.
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posted on
05/18/2010 11:41:09 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
Does anyone think that admitting they contacted ET, when the Messiah is already here, is even slightly in the realm of possibility? Remember, Obama is GOD, there shall be no other. Just ask the MSM.
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posted on
05/18/2010 11:50:55 PM PDT
by
Cololeo
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posted on
05/18/2010 11:56:24 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread:-General Heinz Guderian)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
05/18/2010 11:58:48 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators)
To: sonofstrangelove
Shoulda bought the ECC RAM.
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posted on
05/19/2010 12:09:33 AM PDT
by
TChad
To: sonofstrangelove
Ah, but WHO flipped the switch?
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posted on
05/19/2010 1:01:50 AM PDT
by
NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
To: TChad
![](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z235/newbie_bucket/miscellaneus/d9469829.jpg)
The Voyager 2 Flight Data System hardware in its page
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posted on
05/19/2010 1:02:22 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread:-General Heinz Guderian)
To: sonofstrangelove
the spacecraft is basically healthy, and that the source of the issue is the flight data system, which is responsible for formatting the data to send back to Earth. The change in the data return pattern has prevented mission managers from decoding science data. The problem, I am basically thinking, has to do with "data". I get this right? I mean, did I get it "basically" right as opposed to not "basically" right or did I get it "basically" wrong?
To: Brugmansian
Well,,, Your “basically thinking” about the basic problem is, well, basically correct. Basically,,,
I am from The Department Of Redundancy Department! 8^)
To: sonofstrangelove
They found the effect agrees with data coming down from the spacecraft. They are planning to reset the bit to its normal state on Wednesday, May 19. Wonder if they're using Go To My PC?
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posted on
05/19/2010 4:16:49 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Brugmansian
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posted on
05/19/2010 4:22:15 AM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Don't blame me. I voted for Jefferson Davis.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Sometimes a flipped bit bytes...
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posted on
05/19/2010 4:26:12 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: sonofstrangelove
I am just glad it is not running Microsoft ME.
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posted on
05/19/2010 4:41:25 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Thank You God for Freeing the Navy Seals)
To: sonofstrangelove
Well, there goes the ‘aliens did it’ theory...
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posted on
05/19/2010 4:54:16 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Never trust anyone who points their ass at God while praying.)
To: sonofstrangelove
What I find interesting is the transmission time ,13 hrs to get there and 13 back for a total of 26 hrs to communicate.
We will have to get a different mode of communication if we're to venture way out there.
For Example....
SpaceVenture 1,Deep Space Control, come in please.
26hrs later
Deep Space Control,SpaceVenture 1, go ahead...
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posted on
05/19/2010 5:51:32 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: PA Engineer
I thought they reported earlier that the checksum was correct. No they were seeing a checksum error
Radiation can flip a bit in MOS memory but I believe they used old style magnetic core memory in space craft computer because it is non volatile and unaffected by EMP and radiation...
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posted on
05/19/2010 8:18:00 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(It ain't about Black... It ain't about White...It's about a Red...Trying to take our rights!)
To: tophat9000
No they were seeing a checksum error
Thanks. I read it incorrectly previously and the article now makes sense. The mystery of the flipped bit makes sense now. Hoping for the best outcome.
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posted on
05/19/2010 11:10:41 AM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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