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Voyager 2 Engineers Working to Restore Normal Operations

• crmrc114 7y ago
  More technical info here https://www.universetoday.com/144812/voyager-2-went-into-fault-protection-mode-but-engineers-brought-it-back-online/ https://www.universetoday.com/144812/voyager-2-went-into-fau... It must be awesome for the original designers and engineers to look back and know that their baby is still floating away and sending us valuable data.
  • cbanek 7y ago
    Not only that, but it will be floating away for a very, very long time (unless it manages to hit something along the way). It blows my mind to think that even if we manage to destroy ourselves, that both Voyagers, Pioneer 10 and 11, and New Horizons will be out there. (Cue reference to TNG: The Inner Light) Unless we invent warp drive, it's pretty crazy to think that these things could be the first to visit another star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_leaving_the_Solar_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_lea...
• Merrill 7y ago
  17 light hours away. I wonder whether they will be able to communicate with them when they get to one light day away.
  • magicalhippo 7y ago
    The Voyager probes are running out of power[1] and hydrazine[2], seems about 10 year left of either. At their current speed it seems they need about 14 years to reach a light day[3]. So likely we will not get to find out, but one could remain hopeful. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program#Power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program#Power [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2#Attitude_control_and_propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2#Attitude_control_and... [3]: https://www.google.com/search?q=7+light+hours+%2F+%2817+kilometers+per+second%29 https://www.google.com/search?q=7+light+hours+%2F+%2817+kilo...