Comments on: Voyager-1 still out of commission https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 01:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455826 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 01:19:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455826 —and how.

Three ICBM programs helped…solid fuel rocketry…the Titan base.—and balloon tank Centaurs from Atlas.

For deep space probes of the future…I hope different eras of electronics can be incorporated.

So as newer tech fails (after all the pictures of planets taken) older and older tech for back ups can handle simpler equipment.

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455791 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 20:52:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455791 It’s frankly astounding that this probe is even still functioning, 47 years after it launched.

We talk about the money the U.S. government wastes, and rightly so. But with the Voyagers, we definitely got our money’s worth.

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455683 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:38:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455683 pzatchok – Thank you

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455682 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:37:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455682 Bob Z – Corruption does not equal wear.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455645 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 01:05:34 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455645 Just simple use will cause problems over time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455634 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:56:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455634 In reply to Col Beausabre.

Col Beausabre: Solid state memory can easily be corrupted if it is hit with a cosmic ray. In this case something corrupted that memory after more than four decades of operation in space. I think that record is quite spectacular.

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-still-out-of-commission/#comment-1455600 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:15:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104112#comment-1455600 How does something with no moving parts like a chip wear out?

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