return2ozma@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 10 months agoNASA's Voyager 1 probe hasn't 'spoken' in 3 months and needs a 'miracle' to save itwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down16
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 probe hasn't 'spoken' in 3 months and needs a 'miracle' to save itwww.livescience.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 months agoIt’s a miracle it lasted as long as it did.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoStill very impressive regardless of who did it. Its original mission plan was for a little over 3 years but it worked for 46 years!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months ago14-15x operational plan isn’t unheard of. The Mars Ingenuity helicopter outperformed by that much as well. Done right, engineering does very much resemble magic.
It’s a miracle it lasted as long as it did.
It’s NASA engineering.
Still very impressive regardless of who did it. Its original mission plan was for a little over 3 years but it worked for 46 years!
14-15x operational plan isn’t unheard of. The Mars Ingenuity helicopter outperformed by that much as well.
Done right, engineering does very much resemble magic.