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It will probably readjust. And power supply is expected to be dead ca. 2025 anyway. OK, OK, if the Klingons find it now, then it'd be a shame not to get some

It will probably readjust. And power supply is expected to be dead ca. 2025 anyway. OK, OK, if the Klingons find it now, then it'd be a shame not to get some measurements. (The cameras, however, are off since decades.)

foobarbecue 3y ago
Let's just hope it doesn't make it to the machine planet.
- teddyh 3y ago
  That’s Voyager 6, not Voyager 2.
- zelphirkalt 3y ago
  This seems like a multi-reference to me: (1) Dune, (2) Turrican, others?
  - WorldMaker 3y ago
    Most directly in the context of Star Trek (Klingons mentioned above), it will be a reference to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. (Which is about the hypothetical Voyager 6 probe's interesting history.)
jabart 3y ago
They made some updates and expect it to go through 2026 https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=129 https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=129
- tivert 3y ago
  >> It will probably readjust. And power supply is expected to be dead ca. 2025 anyway. > Are you both misunderstanding that? Your link says: > Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, using five science instruments to study interstellar space. To help keep those instruments operating despite a diminishing power supply, the aging spacecraft has begun using a small reservoir of backup power set aside as part of an onboard safety mechanism. The move will enable the mission to postpone shutting down a science instrument until 2026, rather than this year. > Switching off a science instrument will not end the mission. After shutting off the one instrument in 2026, the probe will continue to operate four science instruments until the declining power supply requires another to be turned off. If Voyager 2 remains healthy, the engineering team anticipates the mission could potentially continue for years to come. Going from 5 science instruments to 4 in 2026 is hardly "dead."
  - llacb47 3y ago
    extra > on 2nd line

foobarbecue 3y ago

Let's just hope it doesn't make it to the machine planet.

teddyh 3y ago
That’s Voyager 6, not Voyager 2.
zelphirkalt 3y ago
This seems like a multi-reference to me: (1) Dune, (2) Turrican, others?
- WorldMaker 3y ago
  Most directly in the context of Star Trek (Klingons mentioned above), it will be a reference to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. (Which is about the hypothetical Voyager 6 probe's interesting history.)

jabart 3y ago

They made some updates and expect it to go through 2026 https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=129 https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=129

tivert 3y ago
>> It will probably readjust. And power supply is expected to be dead ca. 2025 anyway. > Are you both misunderstanding that? Your link says: > Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, using five science instruments to study interstellar space. To help keep those instruments operating despite a diminishing power supply, the aging spacecraft has begun using a small reservoir of backup power set aside as part of an onboard safety mechanism. The move will enable the mission to postpone shutting down a science instrument until 2026, rather than this year. > Switching off a science instrument will not end the mission. After shutting off the one instrument in 2026, the probe will continue to operate four science instruments until the declining power supply requires another to be turned off. If Voyager 2 remains healthy, the engineering team anticipates the mission could potentially continue for years to come. Going from 5 science instruments to 4 in 2026 is hardly "dead."
- llacb47 3y ago
  extra > on 2nd line