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#62Incredible to see the same faces in that photo as in the excellent documentary: https://www.itsquieterfilm.com/ Voyager might make it to 2027.
> Voyager might make it to 2027.
With some amount of luck, Voyager might last ten more years beyond that:
"Even if science data won't likely be collected after 2025, engineering data could continue to be returned for several more years. The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to Earth."
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/
(And then, 15,000 years later, maybe this happens: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football )
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#64Next time I bitch about debugging something in a container I'm going to look at this and stop bitching. Great job!
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe some notes on how to handle degrading power supplies while they're at it.
They turn stuff off. It's not a secret. The vast majority of the sensors are off. They're simply not needed in interstellar space.
Good lord could you imagine the meltdown HN would have if Apple had taken this option to solve the old-batteries-support-lower-peak-current physics problem?
“Your device battery no longer supports the camera. Or the backlight on the top third of the screen. But it runs at full speed otherwise!”