NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that’s causing a bit of a communication breakdown between the 46-year-old probe and its mission team on Earth.

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    For those who didn’t read the article, voyager 1 is still sending and transmitting data. It’s stuck in a loop sending the same packets to Earth on repeat but it is receiving commands just fine. It’s not completely dark.

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      So the title did its job which is you understand nothing until you enter their site, drive traffic, display ads, and possibly collect your data in the process.

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        Sure and Lemmy did its work by letting me and others relay the info. I hate ads as much as the next guy, especially targeted ads, but the internet is free and I don’t pay CNN a dime so I’ll take the hit for you this time. Next time, you click the clickbait and fill us in ☺️

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        possibly collect your data in the process

        Nooo they respect your privacy just share your stuff with 967 of their partners

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          My point is the title in journalism went from a summary of the story to a confusing false statement that might give you a hint of what the story is about.

          In this story the title is clearly saying Voyager has stopped communicating with Earth which is false.

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            My point is the title in journalism went from a summary of the story to a confusing false statement that might give you a hint of what the story is about.

            This is what we get when nobody wants to pay for news anymore. The fact that news media had to turn to ad-funded models is the fault of everybody who refuses to pay for their news

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              The main issue here isn’t ads. The issue is straight up false titles.

              I understand if they opted for vague summary. But false statement is where i draw the line.

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                And the reason why they have to resort to clickbait titles is to get people on their site for ad views

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                  Clickbait and false statements are two different things.

                  If I write a title saying “Joe Biden resigned” and then talk about how most Americans wants Joe to resign this is considered a false statement.

                  But if I write “Americans wants only one thing” then this is a clickbait.

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        It takes 45 hours and that’s a good question.

        Perhaps there are multiple distinct channels with one for command responses and another for scientific data?

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      Ideally it was an update issue and it’s fixable. However I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a hardware failure due to radiation or something similar. That said, Voyager1 has power only until 2025 or so, since RTGs are designed to last that much. So even if the issue is fixed, its life will only expand by few years. Also, the fact it relies on nuclear power means none of the new stuff will last as long since they stopped using them some time ago due to fear from nuclear energy.

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          Am thinking people were mostly worried if rocket explodes during liftoff. Then again people also are completely clueless about radiation in general, especially smokers.

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            As a smoker: I’m not clueless, I just don’t love myself more than the addiction. But I’m getting there, cause breathing “easily” is an under-rated pleasure, when compared to… not breathing that well

            It can take time to break the mental stuff before breaking the habit, regardless of understood risk

            Now magnets though… I’m at a complete fucking loss

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              My point is that not many people know that tobacco contains lead-210 and polonium-210. This is why waping is safer, even though it still carries health risks it doesn’t have radioactive elements which deposit in your lungs. And it’s not a negligible amount of radiation. You’d be safer living next to Chernobyl plant before it was contained than smoking a pack a day. Do yourself a favor and switch to electronic stuff.

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            One of the main people who raised concern about rockets full of nuclear material exploding above populated areas was mitchio kaku. He certainly has a good few clues about radiation and nuclear physics.

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        RTGs are still used for outer solar system missions. Not enough light for solar panels. Hell, even the Perseverance Mars rover, which was launched in 2020, has an RTG.

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    I don’t blame it for cutting off earth. This place is toxic and self destructive.

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    Bit of a misleading title. The voyager can still receive commands and send data to earth, the problem is that instead of useful data it just keeps sending repeating code of no use. Not a huge fan of these sensationalized and just blatantly wrong news article titles.

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        Haha I mean that’s fair. Although I’m mainly just displeased with the title of the article. Its worded in a way that conveys that we’ve lost contact with the satellite completely, which is not the case. Just a bit too click baity for my tastes.

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          I didn’t quite read it that way, but I can see how someone could read it that way. It does really seem like the probe is having problems with its internals, less than “communication has stopped”

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          It’s actually just gotten far enough that the data is being rendered at lower fidelity to save resources

          They didn’t expect us to get sensors outside the heliosphere before winning the game, but players always immediately find crazy and unexpected ways to break your games

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        From what I read they can talk to the CCS (Computer Command System) just fine but the CCS is getting garbled data from the FDS (Flight Data Subsystem)

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    Imagine if this were built with tech from today. It would be non-functional right after the warranty.

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    https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2023/12/12/engineers-working-to-resolve-issue-with-voyager-1-computer/

    Engineers are working to resolve an issue with one of Voyager 1’s three onboard computers, called the flight data system (FDS). The spacecraft is receiving and executing commands sent from Earth; however, the FDS is not communicating properly with one of the probe’s subsystems, called the telemetry modulation unit (TMU). As a result, no science or engineering data is being sent back to Earth.

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      They forgot to pay the subscription for the solar panels RTGs

      EDIT: I guess it relies more on nuclear than solar

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    “Amazingly old spacecraft is starting to break.”

    Voyager 1 has had an exceptional service life, the poor old thing is tired.

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      I hope they can say that about me one day

      “He was basically built to live 75 years. Fortunately for us, and for science, he’s still sending back signals these 4,000 years later”

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        Nope! Not me. I’m kinda hoping to undershoot the median age. My warranty’s expired and I really don’t know if I’m up for the “maybe we can find parts at the You-Pick” stage of existence.

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    When the new intern presses shut down instead of disconnect while connected to the production server

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      They actually did:

      The Voyager team sent commands over the weekend for the spacecraft to restart the flight data system, but no usable data has come back yet, according to NASA.

      Unfortunately, that didn’t help. So now they’ll have to find out what’s causing this, and then see if they can fix it.

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    Well, I’m 46 and sometimes getting old is hard…

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    Sophons messing with Voyager 1, keeping it from reporting something strange out there.

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    I bet there’s something out there, at 22.5 light hours, that the aliens don’t want us to know about. After V1 passes through this thing they don’t want us to detect, they’ll allow the glitch to be fixed.

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      Can see lemmy is becoming reddit-like so fast. Most of these discussion become shitty rehashed jokes. Thanks for contributing.

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        And your contribution is notably worse, as well as toxic, imo. Rehashing the same rhetoric about how forums are similar, no matter where you go online… maybe you spent too much time on reddit yourself, or on forums in general. I hate the statement “go touch grass”, but you’re literally breathing life into it right now.

        At least they contributed something I enjoyed reading. Don’t be a jerk

        Edit: Nvm, I’m wasting my time. Looking at your comments and you’re obviously just flaming shit like a common troll, or someone who really is a jerk. Don’t care either way. Thanks for contributing your vitriol