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Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments (science.nasa.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Four, it’s practically a one man band! Wasn’t it was out for half a year? I can’t imagine trying to patch something 15 billion miles away

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It just took all that time to send the signal to turn off and turn back on again. The junior IT guy who suggested it was promoted.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The junior it guy for voyager is like 65

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

This is the coolest part for me. It launched in 1977. The fact they’ve kept people trained, or were able to keep people around who know the code is incredible.