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Just remember that this happened next time you screw up at work.

NASA accidentally lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe after sending a wrong command. It could mean the end of its 46-year-old mission.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-loses-contact-voyager-2-sent-wrong-command-mistake-space-2023-8

Like 3 Aug 2023 at 2:40 | Open on mas.to

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dinomug

@yogthos
Probably the programmer was trying to exit Vim :vim: 🛰️ :

3 Aug 2023 at 3:01 | Open on mstdn.mx

:verified_2:防空識別區𝒔𝒐𝒄𝟶

@yogthos@mas.to As far as I heard they were able to re-establish the connection, or at least receive a signal. Although I also heard it could be October before they're able to send commands again. The dish is 2 degrees off-target due to the erroneous command.

3 Aug 2023 at 3:07 | Open on soc0.outrnat.nl

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@yogthos Apparently it is most likely recoverable. Politics and jokes aside, I'm really glad this wasn't lost.

3 Aug 2023 at 4:46 | Open on mastodon.social

Yogthos

@AgreeableLandscape yeah same, it's a really valuable experiment and won't be replicated within our lifetimes

3 Aug 2023 at 8:55 | Open on mas.to

Andrew Wigglesworth

@yogthos Someone using imperial instead of metric measurements again?

😛

3 Aug 2023 at 17:55 | Open on mastodon.social

Yogthos

3 Aug 2023 at 18:45 | Open on mas.to

@yogthos Who among us hasn’t deleted prod

4 Aug 2023 at 2:42 | Open on pawoo.net