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There's a good documentary about the quirky team of NASA engineers that keep in contact with the Voyager probes... It's slightly melancholic, the engineers are

There's a good documentary about the quirky team of NASA engineers that keep in contact with the Voyager probes... It's slightly melancholic, the engineers are aging, the mission's heyday is long past... but there's something gripping about it... "It's Quieter in the Twilight" (2022) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17658964/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17658964/

mmooss 2y ago
The mission's heyday is right now! They are in interstellar space! We can and have send other probes to the planets.
- detourdog 2y ago
  Definitely true. What Voyager is doing right now is mind blowing. Its a shame Carl Sagan is with us to cheer.
  - sien 2y ago
    A Carl Sagan AI would be fun and almost somehow appropriate.
    - 77pt77 2y ago
      Here you go: https://character.ai/chat/J9KKnR34ouSfAiNQIlDnY2v8pW5a1-QGYGmaWrtqcFg https://character.ai/chat/J9KKnR34ouSfAiNQIlDnY2v8pW5a1-QGYG... Now try not to commit suicide, like the floridian young man.
      - tchbnl 2y ago
        I don't think you can blame a bot for a mentally unstable kid and neglectful parents.
        mmooss 2y ago
        The creators of the bot are responsible for the consequences of their actions. There are mentally unstable people (if that's true) and neglectful parents (again, if true - it's easy to duck responsibility by smearing the powerless victims), and if the bot is a threat to those people then the developers are doing wrong.
        77pt77 2y ago
        Are car manufacturers responsible for the suicides of people that drive cars off cliffs?
        mmooss 2y ago
        How is that the same and how different than the prior issue? I feel like your comment sets me up to work that out - it's your comment, what do you think? :)
dazhbog 2y ago
Started watching after your comment.. Fantastic documentary! And its great to see some shots of the screens they use to manage the probes and stuff. And yes, some ninjas cutting onions..
- farrelle25 2y ago
  ... I found it a bit poignant / emotional as well! ... those engineers in a dusty office beside McDonalds... quietly keeping the mission going... in touch with something that's beyond our solar system now... True engineers! No glitz... quiet dedication...
Ancalagon 2y ago
favorited this post just to be able to come back to this comment and watch the documentary. Thanks!
lolinder 2y ago
Thank you for the recommendation! I just finished, and it was definitely worth the watch.
Tempest1981 2y ago
Thanks, just watched it... very good. Hope they make it to 50 years.

mmooss 2y ago

The mission's heyday is right now! They are in interstellar space! We can and have send other probes to the planets.

detourdog 2y ago
Definitely true. What Voyager is doing right now is mind blowing. Its a shame Carl Sagan is with us to cheer.
- sien 2y ago
  A Carl Sagan AI would be fun and almost somehow appropriate.
  - 77pt77 2y ago
    Here you go: https://character.ai/chat/J9KKnR34ouSfAiNQIlDnY2v8pW5a1-QGYGmaWrtqcFg https://character.ai/chat/J9KKnR34ouSfAiNQIlDnY2v8pW5a1-QGYG... Now try not to commit suicide, like the floridian young man.
    - tchbnl 2y ago
      I don't think you can blame a bot for a mentally unstable kid and neglectful parents.
      - mmooss 2y ago
        The creators of the bot are responsible for the consequences of their actions. There are mentally unstable people (if that's true) and neglectful parents (again, if true - it's easy to duck responsibility by smearing the powerless victims), and if the bot is a threat to those people then the developers are doing wrong.
        77pt77 2y ago
        Are car manufacturers responsible for the suicides of people that drive cars off cliffs?
        mmooss 2y ago
        How is that the same and how different than the prior issue? I feel like your comment sets me up to work that out - it's your comment, what do you think? :)

dazhbog 2y ago

Started watching after your comment.. Fantastic documentary! And its great to see some shots of the screens they use to manage the probes and stuff. And yes, some ninjas cutting onions..

farrelle25 2y ago
... I found it a bit poignant / emotional as well! ... those engineers in a dusty office beside McDonalds... quietly keeping the mission going... in touch with something that's beyond our solar system now... True engineers! No glitz... quiet dedication...

Ancalagon 2y ago

favorited this post just to be able to come back to this comment and watch the documentary. Thanks!

lolinder 2y ago

Thank you for the recommendation! I just finished, and it was definitely worth the watch.

Tempest1981 2y ago

Thanks, just watched it... very good. Hope they make it to 50 years.