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Would anyone be able to hack Voyager? Just wondering - if the software is that old, as long as you can get a signal to it anyone should be able to hack it / wip
by Vagantem 2y ago
Would anyone be able to hack Voyager? Just wondering - if the software is that old, as long as you can get a signal to it anyone should be able to hack it / wipe it right?
Is the biggest barrier the enormous satellite dish you'd need to contact it or do the commands have a auth header with some key you'd need to brute force?
- rcxdude 2y agoI think the big radio telescope is the main barrier. At this point there's only one in the world with enough transmit power to talk to it, and a handful that can receive the signal.
- perihelions 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra_Deep_Space_Communicat... (pdf) https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/files/820-100-H.pdf https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/files/820-100-H.pdf 70 meter antenna, 80 kW X-band transmit power (122 dBW EIRP)
- thunderbong 2y agoI posted a Reddit link earlier asking the same question [0] HN thread [1] [0]: https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1cbhvwg/eli5_why_hasnt_voyager_i_been_hacked_yet/ https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1cbhvwg/... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40141836 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40141836