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Voyager 1 Once Again Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments (hackaday.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (11 children)

Yes the data is valuable for research. You and I may not understand any of it, but its useful to someone. As for repairing from a distance, that thing has been traveling for 46 years and gone far. For reference, it passed Neptune back in 1989.

It would take many years for a new probe to reach those distances, so if it can be repaired, it shall.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2

Hypothetically, lets say it only takes 30 years for a new probe with updated tech to reach where Voyager 2 is now. If V2 died today, thats half of someone's career spent waiting for the new probe to arrive. Multiply that by everyone using the probe for research and you have a ton of wasted potential.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (9 children)

I'm aware that sending something to do the repairs isn't an option, my question was whether it's worth it (and apparently it is) or if it's more an experiment about long distance repairs which by itself is very expressive already.

I'm not sure why I'm downvoted. Maybe I worded my question badly or it's because it was a question I could have googled on my own. I don't know and neither do I care. I don't think you downvoted me, if it sounded that way. Just now saw it and wondered why

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ya not sure why you would be downvoted either. Maybe people thought you were saying NASA does things just to brag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I'm in the positive again, maybe it was my other comment or it's just fluctuating

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