NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/31/nasa_mistakenly_disconnects_voyager_2/?td=rt-3a

NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

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reddig33@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 3y (3 replies)
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Zirconium@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y (2 replies)

And then send another one to relay wit that one

shinjiikarus@mylem.eu · 12 pts · 3y (1 reply)

To be honest: keeping the chain alive would be great!

Morphit@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 3y

I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain

mcesh@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 3y

By my napkin math, from 32 billion km away, a 2deg error means Voyager 2 is pointing to a spot 1.12 billion km away from Earth (at right angles). That’s roughly the distance from Earth to Saturn 😅

twotone@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 3y

The space org added that Voyager 2's trajectory is expected to remain unchanged

Yeah, if that starts changing then something very serious is going on.

gravalicious@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 3y (5 replies)

Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

Lumidaub@feddit.de · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Thankfully the phone regularly probes home to fix this sort of mess

nslatz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Thankfully the home regularly phones probe to mess this sort of fix.

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

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baggins@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
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Tatters@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)

From 32 billion kilometres away, to be misaligned by only two degrees is impressive.

ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · -8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Explain your joke please

douglasg14b@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y

Not everything is a joke...