Voyager 1 Please Call Home

[Darat]

Hopefully it will still be sending back data when I'm dead, so for at least another 20 years!

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

Hopefully it will still be sending back data when I'm dead, so for at least another 20 years!

I doubt that's possible. It's going to collide with a crystal sphere eventually.

 

[novaphile]

I doubt that's possible. It's going to collide with a crystal sphere eventually.

"Scientific progress goes 'bonk'."

 

[Rolfe]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2005750421537575027

 

[alfaniner]

So, it'll only be able to receive TV programs from 24 hours ago? It would have been a lot cheaper to use a DVR.

 

[Steve]

So, it'll only be able to receive TV programs from 24 hours ago? It would have been a lot cheaper to use a DVR.

On a dollar per mile basis it's a pretty good deal.

 

[rjh01]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2005750421537575027

If that is right Voyager is going at 1/48/365.35 *100 % of the speed of light. Not bad..

 

[Norman Alexander]

Almost 16 billion miles

What's that in kilograms?

 

[Trebuchet]

What's that in kilograms?

Less than twelve parsecs.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

When I heard a "new" Star Trek movie was being made (1979) I was excited. When I saw it and realized Voyager was going to be the raison d'être I broke out laughing. Almost got asked to leave the theater.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Less than twelve parsecs.

How much time is that in light-years?

 

[Puppycow]

About 173.5 AU (on average). It must vary by +/- 1 AU every 6 months. It has been, what 48 years since the launch? So it covers a distance of roughly 3.6 AU per year.

(AU is the (avg) distance from the earth to the sun, or about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for light to travel.)

 

[Norman Alexander]

Less than twelve parsecs.

Oooo, fast!

 

[zooterkin]

Less than twelve parsecs.

Considerably less, more like 0.000839 parsec.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Still plugging along for at least a little while longer.

NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission

The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[Steve]

The science technology of the 70's was may more robust than anything that would be made in today's disposable society.

 

[jadebox]

The science technology of the 70's was may more robust than anything that would be made in today's disposable society.

Like the Mars River that outlasted its primary mission length by over 14 years? Or the Mars helicopter that was designed to last for five flights and flew more than 70?

It's easy to look backwards through rose-colored glasses.

 

[3point14]

Like the Mars River that outlasted its primary mission length by over 14 years? Or the Mars helicopter that was designed to last for five flights and flew more than 70?

It's easy to look backwards through rose-colored glasses.

True. There's a considerable difference between a product made by Apple et al., who desperately need you to have to buy a new one in a few years and one made by NASA (and/or contractors) that will be designed to be as robust as possible.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

What benefits are we reaping from Voyager 1 vs billions of transistors on a credit card size footprint?

 

[Steve]

Like the Mars River that outlasted its primary mission length by over 14 years? Or the Mars helicopter that was designed to last for five flights and flew more than 70?

It's easy to look backwards through rose-colored glasses.

Curiosity? We'll talk again in 30+ years.