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NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data (www.livescience.com)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

has the definition of “no longer transmitting” changed recently?

When functioning properly, the FDS compiles the spacecraft's info into a data package, which is then transmitted back to Earth using the TMU. Lately, that data package has been "stuck," the blog post said, "transmitting a repeating pattern of ones and zeros." Voyager's engineering team traced the problem back to the FDS, but it could be weeks before a solution is found.

I mean, i’m not a scientist, is that not transmitting. flipping click bait titles.

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Title is "no longer transmitting data." If it's repeating a pattern, then data is no longer being transmitted.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social -3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Unreadable data is still data.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Is mayonnaise data?

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is made of lots of little bytes of mayonnaise.

[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Quantum mayonnaise theory.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm a fan of the many jars interpretation

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Yes.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not unreadable. It's not data.

If you want to be pedantic you could say it's "transmitting symbols".

If I only typed out "abaababababbaab" over and over you wouldn't call it "unreadable words." You'd say it's not words.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Omg, you can't just type "abaababababbaab" on the internet you filthy animal!

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Transmitting a repeating pattern.

Expected to be fixed in a few weeks

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Live Science, continues it's tradition of reasonable and accurately written headlines...

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I wonder if they have a simulated Voyager 1 they test their solutions on first. Having two full days between patch and response from the real one is hard to imagine.