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Re: NASA's Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters

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Post by perihelions » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:24 PM UTC

What non-volatile residue does hydrazine fuel create?

Re: NASA's Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters

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Post by 6th » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:36 PM UTC

doublerabbit wrote: post #39

pulse the thrusters to disintegrate any form of lice form.

ewww. space lice.

Re: NASA's Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 2:21 AM UTC

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #40

>NASA engineers are working on a software patch that will order the Voyagers to fire their thrusters less often but for longer periods to maintain their attitude Anyone got any detailed info on what CPU, software and programming language is used on the Voyager that can support something as "advanced" as OTA software patches? It was launched in 1977 and since aerospace uses tech older than consumer tech, it probably i…

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