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Block_that_Kick
08/02/23 9:45:01 AM
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/01/search-for-voyager-2-after-nasa-accidentally-sends-wrong-command

Efforts to re-establish contact with Nasas Voyager 2 probe have received a boost after the space agency detected a heartbeat signal from the far-flung probe.

Mission controllers stopped hearing from Voyager 2 more than a week ago after sending a faulty command that tilted its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth. The small change in orientation was enough to cut all contact with the probe.

The signal from Voyager 2, which is now more than 12bn miles from Earth, was detected during a routine scan of the sky, Nasa said, and confirms that the spacecraft is still broadcasting and in good health.

Voyager 2 is one of a pair of spacecraft that launched in 1977 to capture images of Jupiter and Saturn, but continued on a journey into interstellar space to become the farthest human-made objects from Earth.

We enlisted the help of the [Deep SpaceNetwork] and Radio Science groups to help to see if we could hear a signal from Voyager 2, said Suzanne Dodd, Voyagers project manager on Tuesday. This was successful in that we see the heartbeat signal from the spacecraft. So, we know the spacecraft is alive and operating. This buoyed our spirits.

While the heartbeat signal has reassured Nasa that the probe is still working, it is not yet responding to new commands. The next hope of making contact with the spacecraft will come this week when the Canberra dish, part of Nasas deep space network, beams the correct command in the direction of Voyager 2 in the hope of reaching the probes antenna, according to the space agencys Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

The spacecraft is so far away that even at the speed of light, software commands sent from Earth take 18 hours to reach the probe.

Nasa concedes that the attempt to make contact through the huge dish antenna in Canberra is a long shot. If that effort comes to nothing, as engineers expect, mission controllers will have to wait until October, when the spacecraft should reset automatically and restore communications.

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mercurydude
08/02/23 9:53:47 AM
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It's amazing that it is (was?) still alive and active for all that time. Same with the Voyager 1, which isn't expected to run out of power until 2025.

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Were_Wyrm
08/02/23 9:58:00 AM
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Imagine being the guy that fucked up by forgetting to carry the one and losing contact with a nearly billion dollar probe.

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BurmesePenguin
08/02/23 10:00:48 AM
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Several hours ago I read they regained contact.

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HylianFox
08/02/23 10:01:25 AM
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Soon it will return as V'Ger and wipe out humanity that abandoned it

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masterpug53
08/02/23 10:04:33 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
Imagine being the guy that fucked up by forgetting to carry the one and losing contact with a nearly billion dollar probe.

This is definitely one of those 'so you think your job is stressful' moments.

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DeathVelvien
08/02/23 10:04:39 AM
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TIL Voyager 2 is still going.

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Zikten
08/02/23 10:05:34 AM
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Sure hope it can fix itself. Cause if not, its just gone
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Turbam
08/02/23 10:06:49 AM
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Finally time for Voyager 3!

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mercurydude
08/02/23 10:09:22 AM
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Zikten posted...
Sure hope it can fix itself. Cause if not, its just gone

It (probably) will. It fortunately has a failsafe for a situation like this:

Even if it doesnt work, all is not lost Voyager 2 is programmed to automatically reset its orientation a few times a year in case of situations just like this one. The next automatic reset will be on 15 October, and communication should resume then. Until then, the spacecrafts operators will keep trying to turn it around and continue to monitor the heartbeat signal.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2385738-nasa-has-regained-contact-with-voyager-2-after-losing-it-for-a-week/


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AceMos
08/02/23 10:16:04 AM
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as long as megatron does not get the golden disk everything is fine

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MrMallard
08/02/23 10:17:30 AM
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Australia to the rescue motherfuckers
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Thompson
08/02/23 10:22:00 AM
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DeathVelvien posted...
TIL Voyager 2 is still going.
TFW you realize that Voyager 2 most likely has outlived its inventors.

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HylianFox
08/02/23 10:23:10 AM
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Thompson posted...
TFW when you realize that Voyager 2 most likely has outlived its inventors.

Like the wheel

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TonyKojima
08/02/23 10:24:48 AM
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Its been corrected and contact restored I read.

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PoopPotato
08/02/23 10:25:21 AM
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That's impressive. 12bn miles away and we can still talk to it.

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HylianFox
08/02/23 10:28:11 AM
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PoopPotato posted...
That's impressive. 12bn miles away and we can still talk to it.

meanwhile, most people don't even know the names of their next-door neighbors

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Pikachuchupika
08/02/23 10:31:11 AM
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It must be lonely floating in deep space.
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Gritty
08/02/23 10:34:16 AM
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HylianFox posted...
meanwhile, most people don't even know the names of their next-door neighbors
I would if my neighbor was a badass satellite
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Thompson
08/02/23 10:34:48 AM
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HylianFox posted...
Like the wheel
That's only applicable if all of our wheeled vehicles possess somewhat oval-shaped disks that were carved out of stone several millenia ago.

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BlueTigerLion
08/02/23 10:36:59 AM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
Several hours ago I read they regained contact.

This.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191341035/nasa-voyager-2-spacecraft-contact

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Shotgunnova
08/02/23 10:43:28 AM
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Plot twist: the command was "bewareoblivionisathand"

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Foppe
08/02/23 10:43:37 AM
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Remember Voyager 6?

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HylianFox
08/02/23 10:45:08 AM
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Foppe posted...
Remember Voyager 6?

HylianFox posted...
Soon it will return as V'Ger and wipe out humanity that abandoned it


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Strider102
08/02/23 10:56:22 AM
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And then one day we lose all contact, we receive nothing.

And after a few years it starts transmitting strange noises to us inexplicably along with strange images.

Then a few years after that we detect it back in our solar system. But, strangely, it's moving faster then it should be, heading straight for Earth. Every attempt to get it under our control fails. It responds to nothing.

But we hear something, strange noises, horrific noises coming from it and the closer it gets the more horrifying the noises become.

But then something comes through, a voice. "We have found you."

Mere hours before it enters our atmosphere the noises are nightmarish screeches that chill us to our core. Then suddenly silence. Silence that persists.

We still have tracking on it, it's still coming.

Suddenly...

"We are here."

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HylianFox
08/02/23 10:58:23 AM
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Strider102 posted...
And then one day we lose all contact, we receive nothing.

And after a few years it starts transmitting strange noises to us inexplicably along with strange images.

Then a few years after that we detect it back in our solar system. But, strangely, it's moving faster then it should be, heading straight for Earth. Every attempt to get it under our control fails. It responds to nothing.

But we hear something, strange noises, horrific noises coming from it and the closer it gets the more horrifying the noises become.

But then something comes through, a voice. "We have found you."

Mere hours before it enters our atmosphere the noises are nightmarish screeches that chill us to our core. Then suddenly silence. Silence that persists.

We still have tracking on it, it's still coming.

Suddenly...

"We are here."

It that supposed to be scary? we've been wanting to make contact with aliens ever since we first had the concept.

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IronWolf87
08/02/23 11:07:30 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
Imagine being the guy that fucked up by forgetting to carry the one and losing contact with a nearly billion dollar probe.

This would be me if I worked at NASA
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rynobot
08/02/23 11:10:43 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/1/AAMTsYAAEt5v.jpg

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mercurydude
08/02/23 11:29:17 AM
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Strider102 posted...
And then one day we lose all contact, we receive nothing.

And after a few years it starts transmitting strange noises to us inexplicably along with strange images.

Then a few years after that we detect it back in our solar system. But, strangely, it's moving faster then it should be, heading straight for Earth. Every attempt to get it under our control fails. It responds to nothing.

But we hear something, strange noises, horrific noises coming from it and the closer it gets the more horrifying the noises become.

But then something comes through, a voice. "We have found you."

Mere hours before it enters our atmosphere the noises are nightmarish screeches that chill us to our core. Then suddenly silence. Silence that persists.

We still have tracking on it, it's still coming.

Suddenly...

"We are here."

THE VIPERS ARE HERE AMONG YOU. Ve vish to vash and vipe the vindows!

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DKBananaSlamma
08/02/23 11:30:59 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
Imagine being the guy that fucked up by forgetting to carry the one and losing contact with a nearly billion dollar probe.
Seriously. It's been going on for 45 years and some asshole slipped his finger and fucked it up all up lol

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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
08/02/23 11:32:43 AM
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PoopPotato posted...
That's impressive. 12bn miles away and we can still talk to it.

That is almost 20 terameters for those who use sane measurement systems.
</metric snob>

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TonyKojima
08/02/23 11:34:10 AM
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Contact has been restored.

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DrizztLink
08/02/23 12:32:56 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

No, it wasn't me.

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Winnsock
08/02/23 12:33:49 PM
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Voyager is so cool. Just imagine, as long as they arent eroded away by stellar dust or Coke into contact with something unexpected, these man-made creations will still be traveling out there long after humanity is gone, and long after the sun becomes a red giant and destroys the earth.
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Block_that_Kick
08/02/23 12:33:58 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/4/8/AADYzzAAEt6o.jpg

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HylianFox
08/02/23 12:36:41 PM
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pfft, meanwhile Tauro struts around looking like this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/6/8/AAN5R1AAEk9g.jpg

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DrizztLink
08/02/23 12:46:14 PM
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HylianFox posted...
pfft, meanwhile Tauro struts around looking like this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/6/8/AAN5R1AAEk9g.jpg
Look at the dude.

He earned the right.

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HylianFox
08/02/23 12:49:37 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Look at the dude.

He earned the right.

Amen

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