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Fraser Cain

Last November, NASA's Voyager 1 sent home garbled data, and engineers traced the problem to the flight data subsystem (FDS). The problem turned out to be a single chip in the FDS memory. They couldn't repair the chip but could move the affected code into sections and store them in different parts of the FDS system. They tested the new system this week, sending signals to the Voyager 1, 22.5 light-hours away. It worked, and Voyager 1 is back.

blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04
22 April at 17:45 | Open on m.universetoday.com
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Ja'aran :verified_paw: :verified_gay:​ :snowmow:​
Nilly Robot
Nonya Bidniss
Danny Boling 🌈 ☮️

@fraser

wooooooohooooo!!! 🤩 🥳 :clapping:
this is awesome! those #NASA engineers are amazing!

22 April at 19:09 | Open on mstdn.social
Asheville Charlie
aglimme
Pseudo Nym

@fraser

Eff yeah!

Debugging and patching software with a 44 hour latency, on hardware about as old as I am, is some next level wizardry.

I so love this.

#compSci #engineering #NASA

22 April at 19:58 | Open on mastodon.online
Connor Cadellin

@fraser keeping the technology for the Voyager probes operating since the late 1970s- from afar- is nothing short of miraculous work.

22 April at 20:00 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
John Gordon

@fraser @hfalcke They resurrect it just to show off who the real geeks are.

22 April at 20:11 | Open on appdot.net
Archie
Adlangx

@fraser I am so glad I don't have an HOA. A new (annoying) neighbor tried to propose one and he got a big fat finger from basically everyone.

22 April at 20:20 | Open on mastodon.social
Pierrette
Christine M.

@fraser

Extraordinarily fascinating, come to think about it.

„Go, Voyager!“

22 April at 20:26 | Open on mstdn.social
Mike :nixos:

@fraser amazing. And I can't get JavaScript to work

22 April at 20:30 | Open on fosstodon.org
John Francis

@fraser aliens: wtf, how did they fix that?!? What do we have to do to get rid of this thing?

22 April at 20:39 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Who

@fraser The Tech Jedi skills going on here - there are just no words.

22 April at 20:48 | Open on mstdn.social
Jason Bowen
Aviva Gary
gdtrfb
Warren Gallagher
Der GRIMM

@fraser This is absolutely amazing!

Poor flatearthers with their "This is all CGI!" and "There is no space beyond the dome!". They will never experience the fascination and appreciation of science.

22 April at 21:28 | Open on norden.social
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