Archived After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters (arstechnica.com)
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Archived After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters (arstechnica.com)
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[–] prairie 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
And it's not just that the hardware is still functioning, but that they designed it so that it didn't get into some stuck state where we couldn't communicate with it anymore even though the hardware was undamaged. How long does your cellphone/computer go without needing a reboot?
[–] this_is_my_4th_acct 3 points -3 points 0 points (+0|-3) ago
How many more processes are occurring on your phone vs the satellites thrusters?
[–] prairie 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
With Google services? About 6 gorillion.
[–] grendelbiter ago
How many more spyware processes are occurring on your phone vs the satellites thrusters?