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NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating (science.nasa.gov)

submitted 5 days ago by vogi@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Engineers are confident that shutting down the LECP will give Voyager 1 about a year of breathing room. They are using the time to finalize a more ambitious energy-saving fix for both Voyagers they call “the Big Bang,” which is designed to further extend Voyager operations. The idea is to swap out a group of powered devices all at once — hence the nickname — turning some things off and replacing them with lower-power alternatives to keep the spacecraft warm enough to continue gathering science data.

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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Tick tock, unfortunately.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago

The clock ran out years ago. They have been building bridges to New clocks for decades. But yes. Soon it will die, only propelled forward into nothingness and loneliness forever.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Only delusion separates us from the same

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 7 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the uplifting news!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 5 days ago (7 children)

would be great to have some solar that would power a beacon or something if it ever entered another star system.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Wait does solar power work with other suns? Or just our sun (Sol)? Or just yellow dwarf suns?

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Are solar panels like superman?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Weak to kryptonite?

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Unable to fly if a kitten steps on its cape?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

as @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works said. it should depend a bit on how its made. there have been things about making panels that would absorb frequencies we have at night. There are trade offs. I was under the impression that the reason plants are green is because they specialize on the red side which is more prevalent and then the blue because its the most energetic or something. Also I was under the impression most stars look basically white but the color thing is based on spectrums that predominate but like when you look at the sun it looks white and even a red star would look mostly whitish.

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