Last November, NASA's Voyager 1 sent home garbled data, and engineers traced the problem to the flight data subsystem (FDS). The problem turned out to be a single chip in the FDS memory. They couldn't repair the chip but could move the affected code into sections and store them in different parts of the FDS system. They tested the new system this week, sending signals to the Voyager 1, 22.5 light-hours away. It worked, and Voyager 1 is back.
Eff yeah!
Debugging and patching software with a 44 hour latency, on hardware about as old as I am, is some next level wizardry.
I so love this.
Ambient drone reflecting on the journey of the Voyager probe
@fraser This is absolutely amazing!
Poor flatearthers with their "This is all CGI!" and "There is no space beyond the dome!". They will never experience the fascination and appreciation of science.
"V'ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve."
@fraser thanks, the kind of news that let me believe that perhaps we can have nice things. Some, at least.
At the limit of solar system, but still.
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