• uservoid1@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Every few months there is a similar such story about this ancient marvel of technology and the people remotely maintaining it against all odds.

    I can imagine a headline 100 years from now:

    Engineers are modifying Voyager 1 decorative panel bolt into a functional interstellar communicator

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
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      34 minutes ago

      each line of code is transmitted over a bandwidth that only supports 1/2 a bit, and it takes 3.5 years to reach the Voyager