Comments on: Active signaling to Opportunity to end https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/active-signaling-to-opportunity-to-end/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/active-signaling-to-opportunity-to-end/#comment-1060607 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:23:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54344#comment-1060607 Sounds like silence is coming to a probe (or more) in the future.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/active-signaling-to-opportunity-to-end/#comment-1060606 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 01:58:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54344#comment-1060606 In reply to Chris.

Chris: You are stating the obvious. The Deep Space Network has needed a major upgrade for several years, and has not been able to get it.

]]> By: Chris https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/active-signaling-to-opportunity-to-end/#comment-1060605 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 01:44:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54344#comment-1060605 Does this decision to no longer ping Oppy to give access to other deep space probes imply that there is a somewhat present and definite furutre infrastructure deficiency in the Deep Space Network?
– or am I stating the obvious?

]]> By: Diane Wilson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/active-signaling-to-opportunity-to-end/#comment-1060597 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:36:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54344#comment-1060597 Looking forward to 2020…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmdx6NlKTdI

]]> By: geoffc https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/active-signaling-to-opportunity-to-end/#comment-1060584 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:21:18 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54344#comment-1060584 Oh no! Russel is going to do another Opportunity comic for XKCD!

https://xkcd.com/1504/

Change that to be more like Spirits comic:

https://xkcd.com/695/

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