Comments on: Engineers reactivate thrusters on Voyager-1 that have been out of commission since 2004 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/ Thu, 15 May 2025 21:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lee S https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586983 Thu, 15 May 2025 21:55:01 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586983 I was 6 in ’77…. Got my first tv in my bedroom in about 80… Black and white with glowing valves at the back an occasionally a smack on the side to stop the screen rolling… As many channels as you like as long as it was no more than 3.

I am literally looking at the pyramids in Egypt while drinking wine… Those pointy things are WAY bigger than you can imagine from photos and were built over 4000 years ago, ( with an accuracy that is mind blowing when seen in person) and show no signs of going anywhere soon, the voyager probes are hitting half a century and still operational, yet the cell phone I am typing this on will be obsolete in 2 years…

Sometimes things naturally go obsolete, but one thing is for sure… They don’t make ’em like they used to!

]]> By: Andi https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586959 Thu, 15 May 2025 18:58:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586959 It won’t explode. That Star Trek episode proves it! :)

]]> By: Kevin Smith https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586936 Thu, 15 May 2025 14:04:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586936 An excellent documentary about the team that is keeping voyager alive.

It’s Quieter in the Twilight

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0N3JYXC4BBKQN9A7MBNG77A19P/ref=atv_set_wh_dp

]]> By: Steve H. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586804 Thu, 15 May 2025 02:22:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586804 We were (some of us) still going to the store to buy replacement tubes for our TV then. Just amazing they are still out there and operating.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586803 Thu, 15 May 2025 02:18:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586803 ” . . . and carried with it the risk of an explosion that would destroy Voyager-1.”

Eh, we’ve gotten our money’s worth. Engineers may be more willing to try riskier actions, knowing the spacecraft will die in a couple years anyway

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586790 Thu, 15 May 2025 00:54:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586790 I was 11 in 77

]]> By: Doug Johnson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-reactivate-thrusters-on-voyager-1-that-have-been-out-of-commission-since-2004/#comment-1586760 Wed, 14 May 2025 21:27:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114077#comment-1586760 Old school engineering getting it done.. Love this update.. thanks as always!

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