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Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
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Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
Voyager 2: Nasa loses contact with record-breaking probe after sending wrong command
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66371569
Nasa has lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe billions of miles away from Earth after sending it the wrong command, the space agency has revealed.
"Last month, the spacecraft - exploring space since 1977 - tilted its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth after the mistake was made.
As a result, the probe has stopped receiving commands or sending data.
Nasa said it hopes communication will resume when the probe is due to reset in October."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66371569
Nasa has lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe billions of miles away from Earth after sending it the wrong command, the space agency has revealed.
"Last month, the spacecraft - exploring space since 1977 - tilted its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth after the mistake was made.
As a result, the probe has stopped receiving commands or sending data.
Nasa said it hopes communication will resume when the probe is due to reset in October."
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Re: Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
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Voyager 2: Nasa picks up 'heartbeat' signal after sending wrong command
BBC News
Nasa has picked up a "heartbeat" signal from its Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it billions of miles away from Earth, the space agency said.
"Last month, the spacecraft - exploring the universe since 1977 - tilted its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth after a wrong command was sent."
Voyager 2: Nasa picks up 'heartbeat' signal after sending wrong command
BBC News
Nasa has picked up a "heartbeat" signal from its Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it billions of miles away from Earth, the space agency said.
"Last month, the spacecraft - exploring the universe since 1977 - tilted its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth after a wrong command was sent."
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Re: Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
Eeek. Ctrl Z....Ctrl Z....please!
Kinda reminds me of Walowitz in Big Bang when he trashed the Mars Rover.
Kinda reminds me of Walowitz in Big Bang when he trashed the Mars Rover.
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Re: Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
All sorted !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said.
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A signal was picked up on Tuesday but thanks to an "interstellar shout" - a powerful instruction - its antenna is now back facing Earth.
Nasa had originally pinned hopes on the spacecraft resetting itself in October.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
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Re: Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
mike wrote:All sorted !Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said.
[...]
A signal was picked up on Tuesday but thanks to an "interstellar shout" - a powerful instruction - its antenna is now back facing Earth.
Nasa had originally pinned hopes on the spacecraft resetting itself in October.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
15 billion miles away is a long way but of course, less than two light-days given it takes 37 hours for a signal to arrive. Voyager has not even escaped the influence of our sun yet. Now think about a light year. Or a few billion of them. As Douglas Adams pointed out if you think it's a long way to the chemist's, that's nothing.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
Also consider our solar system around one star. And there are a hundred, thousand, million stars in just our one galaxy. One of many.
Time I finished this wine, probably.
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Mike4 wrote:
15 billion miles away is a long way but of course, less than two light-days given it takes 37 hours for a signal to arrive. Voyager has not even escaped the influence of our sun yet. Now think about a light year. Or a few billion of them. As Douglas Adams pointed out if you think it's a long way to the chemist's, that's nothing.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
Also consider our solar system around one star. And there are a hundred, thousand, million stars in just our one galaxy. One of many.
Time I finished this wine, probably.
Voyager 1 is believed to have past through the termination shock of the sun:
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/detai ... ticle_id=8
If this is right it is now in a region of space that has less solar influence than anything yet experienced by human technology.
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Computers! They do what you tell them not what you want.
My file I was trying to print got deleted when the seat / keyboard interface selected "Del"
What's wrong with my Deliver Electronic Leaflet button.
My file I was trying to print got deleted when the seat / keyboard interface selected "Del"
What's wrong with my Deliver Electronic Leaflet button.
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Re: Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
Mike4 wrote:
15 billion miles away is a long way but of course, less than two light-days given it takes 37 hours for a signal to arrive. Voyager has not even escaped the influence of our sun yet. Now think about a light year. Or a few billion of them. As Douglas Adams pointed out if you think it's a long way to the chemist's, that's nothing.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
Also consider our solar system around one star. And there are a hundred, thousand, million stars in just our one galaxy. One of many.
Time I finished this wine, probably.
Nah, it's a lot bigger than that. The Milky Way contains between 100 and 400 billion stars and at least that many planets.
Astronomers estimate there exist in the universe roughly 10,000 stars for each grain of sand on Earth.
As for how many universes there may be - I need another bottle of wine!
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Re: Voyager 2 - Aarrrggh!
mike wrote:All sorted !Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said.
[...]
A signal was picked up on Tuesday but thanks to an "interstellar shout" - a powerful instruction - its antenna is now back facing Earth.
Nasa had originally pinned hopes on the spacecraft resetting itself in October.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
Looks like that phone call to 'Derek' in Customer Support / Bangalore worked.
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