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Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 09:32:53 »
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:09:12 »
Very neat. I wonder how much time is left though since the power to operate the remaining instruments is dwindling.
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:47:21 »
Quote from: JP on Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:09:12
Very neat. I wonder how much time is left though since the power to operate the remaining instruments is dwindling.

it's got solar power for the instruments + batteries no ?

the thruster fuel, if they're only using millisecond bursts , it should last for a long while..

Funny thing is, they probably need to use super computers to calculate those millisecond bursts, which used up way way more power than the thrusters themselves.
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:53:05 »
Quote from: JP on Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:09:12

I wonder how much time is left though since the power to operate the remaining instruments is dwindling.

In the article it said that there is enough plutonium to last for a very long time. I think that in 2050 it will still have over half its power left.
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"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
– Frank V Walton 2025-07-01

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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 12:34:47 »
I see. I was reading some older articles that said there was enough power until 2025.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-far-can-voyager-i-go-4728025/
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 18:43:25 »
Quote from: JP on Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:09:12
Very neat. I wonder how much time is left though since the power to operate the remaining instruments is dwindling.
As per Wikipedia.
"Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until around 2025 when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate its scientific instruments."

Amazing it lasted so long, especially considering the environment.
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 03 December 2017, 20:24:11 »
Quote from: Leslieann on Sun, 03 December 2017, 18:43:25
Quote from: JP on Sun, 03 December 2017, 11:09:12
Very neat. I wonder how much time is left though since the power to operate the remaining instruments is dwindling.
As per Wikipedia.
"Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until around 2025 when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate its scientific instruments."

Amazing it lasted so long, especially considering the environment.

idk.. space is hazardous to organic LIFE..

But Voyager is mechanical ...

Clearly Terminators species are more suitable for space flight.
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 04 December 2017, 19:54:15 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 03 December 2017, 20:24:11
idk.. space is hazardous to organic LIFE..

But Voyager is mechanical ...
Depends...

Metals here rely on oxidization to keep them from cold welding (this was a problem on early satelites), metals get confused and bond at the molecular level in a vacuum/absense of oxygen. Then you have the wild temp differences, for example, the side facing the sun can be several hundred degrees difference in temp compared to the shaded side. Then you have dust, which at those speeds will rip through the craft like paper, and of course radiation.

It's not exactly rosy for anything in space.
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 05 December 2017, 11:55:38 »
I really wonder how dirty it is or if there's bacteria or anything on it like there's bacteria on ISS
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 05 December 2017, 12:00:00 »
Quote from: C5Allroad on Tue, 05 December 2017, 11:55:38
I really wonder how dirty it is or if there's bacteria or anything on it like there's bacteria on ISS

didn't u watch the Matt Damon movie ? hahahaha
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Re: Voyager 1 - still alive from the era of assembly language
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 05 December 2017, 13:42:14 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 05 December 2017, 12:00:00
Quote from: C5Allroad on Tue, 05 December 2017, 11:55:38
I really wonder how dirty it is or if there's bacteria or anything on it like there's bacteria on ISS

didn't u watch the Matt Damon movie ? hahahaha
You talking about interstellar?
I watched it a while ago, but forgot a lot of it
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