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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66371569
Nasa has lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe billions of miles away from Earth after mistakenly severing contact with it, the space agency has revealed.
So this is how the plot for Star Trek: The Motion Picture starts then. V'ger begins.
Have they tried turning it off and then turning it back on again?
Isn't the signal about as strong as a 1980s dynamo bike light as seen from 10 miles away? Good luck acquiring that again!
Heck, this is something the Microsoft got right with Windows and display settings - the “is this doing what you thought it would?” Statement and if not, it reverts back to original settings in a set time. I guess allowing for time delay etc, that’s what the October reset is?
that's why you set the confirmation to yes ....
delete all
are you sure - y
are your really sure - y (dammit)
ok, deleting all ..... bugger, where's the backup 😉
The antenna will also bombard Voyager 2's area with the correct command, in the hope it makes contact with the probe, said Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the Voyager missions.
Otherwise, Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation multiple times each year to keep its antenna pointing at Earth. The next reset is due on 15 October, which Nasa says "should enable communication to resume".
Hmm, should be OK until we mess up ET's TV signal with all that 'signal bombardment'. He won't be impressed if he misses 'Love Planet'.
thols2
Have they tried turning it off and then turning it back on again?
You laugh!! But, that's exactly what they did with the Mars Rover when it got stuck on a rock or crater, I can't remember which. Documentary is on Amazon - Blew my tiny mind that they could reboot a computer... On Mars!
To be fair, nobody ever expected the damn things to still be working ten years after launching, let alone nearly half a sodding century! The fact that the teams who were there at the launch have now reached retirement, having spent their entire careers working on it, in science engineering terms, is pretty much a miracle. And Voyager 1 and 2 are outside of the furthest reaches of the solar system, in interstellar space, and still doing their job.
But both will lose power sooner rather than later, their power supplies are getting near the end of their operating lives, sadly. 🙁
Yeah, i bet someone got a bit of a telling off!lol
In fairness though, for it to have been designed all those years ago and still be working... and for them to have designed a failsafe into the system for just this sort of event is massively bloody impressive.
Both of those tiny little craft out in true interstellar space. Amazing what humans can do when we aren't set on killing each other or the planet.👍
-- Sorry, didn't see it'd already be posted --
Voyager 2 is back online apparently.👍
Edit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
Just goes to show that retro is bestest.
Or alternatively that if you shout loudly enough at something that's ignoring you, it'll eventually start obeying. 😉
That Mitchell and Webb clip is one of my favourites. 😂
You laugh!! But, that’s exactly what they did with the Mars Rover when it got stuck on a rock or crater, I can’t remember which. Documentary is on Amazon – Blew my tiny mind that they could reboot a computer… On Mars!
Here's the 'documentary'......
Rocket science is easy. Take a tube, seal off one end, fill with fuel and ignite.
guidance, on the other hand…