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NASA's Voyager 1 probe hasn't 'spoken' in 3 months and needs a 'miracle' to save it
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If it's truly dead, it's a sad day for humanity. The farthest reaches into space we've ever been, and possibly ever will be. It'll just be a lonely probe wondering the cosmos, unable to phone home.
It's a miracle it lasted as long as it did.
It's NASA engineering.
Still very impressive regardless of who did it. Its original mission plan was for a little over 3 years but it worked for 46 years!
14-15x operational plan isn't unheard of. The Mars Ingenuity helicopter outperformed by that much as well.
Done right, engineering does very much resemble magic.
If that's the farthest we ever go, then we're a sad pathetic species that peaked in 1977.
Ok but that's just like your opinion, man.
I mean maybe, there are limitations to physics. We aren't talking science fiction here. The universe is truly much more vast than we think it is, and galaxies are all flying away from eachother. We'd be lucky if we ever even send a message to the next closest star system to ours.
Voyager 1 is not dead. It is only sleeping as it enters the final stage of its 1.5 billion year mission.
It's just a piece of equipment, so it won't "be lonely."
But I agree with everything else. It's an INCREDIBLE masterpiece, just wandering space as an indicator that we exist(ed.) Amazing!
Anthropomorphizing things is human nature and let's us connect to things. Stop harshing our buzz.
Eh. You do you. I'd rather keep my space discussions separated from the tumblr crowd.
Edit: downvoted by the tumblr crowd. I miss actual space-related discussions.
You sound like you need some joy in your life, homie.
Eh, nah. I got plenty. But if you want to judge me for some comments I make on the cyberspace, be my guest.
I'm not judging you, my man. It just sounded like maybe you were having a bad day.
Mucho love, amigo!
My day was fine, but I appreciate your comment. Same to you, bro!
It's just a piece of equipment, so it's not "wandering space" it doesn't have legs.๐ค