Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is now losing contact but will sail on
Unbelievable as it may seem today, the computers on the Voyager 1 spacecraft, considered state-of-the-art back in 1977 have 240,000 times less memory than an iPhone.
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Goodby my old friend, you exceeded the expectations of all.
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As a kid seen most all the Buck Rogers shows, and it seems most of it has come to pass. That makes me wonder if the Vger episode of Star Track, will as well?
An amazing run and what a technological marvel it is. Fair winds and following seas Voyager, we're forever grateful for all you've taught us.
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Hopefully, aliens will find it and come save us from communists and the onslaught of genders...........................................or vaporize this fucking rock once and for all.
I think that when it was launched, Carl Sagan described Voyager as costing "A penny a world for every man, woman and child in America."
Based on how many incredible images it sent back and how much science it did... it's a reminder that the space program has been one of the few really good things the gummint has done over the decades. The spinoff technologies alone have paid back the expenditures thousands-of-fold.
Not sure what it is today... but in 1994, NASA represented 1/700th of one percent of the Federal Budget. Yes, that is the right number.
Everyone thinks it's so expensive... but it's not.
James Webb is incredible. Hubble (which I worked on -- first repair mission) far exceeded its expectations.
Mars is going to be a real challenge... But maybe we'll do it in my lifetime. Maybe.
Great post Gunfighter... IIRC, aren't you down in JSC neck of the woods?
Sirhr
Based on how many incredible images it sent back and how much science it did... it's a reminder that the space program has been one of the few really good things the gummint has done over the decades. The spinoff technologies alone have paid back the expenditures thousands-of-fold.
Not sure what it is today... but in 1994, NASA represented 1/700th of one percent of the Federal Budget. Yes, that is the right number.
Everyone thinks it's so expensive... but it's not.
James Webb is incredible. Hubble (which I worked on -- first repair mission) far exceeded its expectations.
Mars is going to be a real challenge... But maybe we'll do it in my lifetime. Maybe.
Great post Gunfighter... IIRC, aren't you down in JSC neck of the woods?
Sirhr
I was in high school when that was launched. Hard to believe it's still going and how long its lasted. Still going with 50 plus years technology.
Truly a marvel.
Truly a marvel.
No, was closer to Kennedy when she went up. Now closer to Space camp in Bama. If you were at KSC we may have crossed paths long ago, as I tested a Baker Biological Safety Hood for them, that took a few shuttle rides.
I can remember being in grade school when Voyager reached Neptune and the initial data was being processed from it. When the images and newsreels were released to the public, we had one those slideshows/audio tape (*ding* turn the knob and proceed to the next slide) presentations during science class for it. That was the birth of my love for space and data/image processing.
One of Hubble's biggest impacts was done as a byproduct. Hubble's data was significantly better than the image processing software at the time, so most of the images from Hubble look like garbage compared to what they could have been. Leaps and bounds were made in linear/non-linear noise clean up and multi-layer sharpening because of what Hubble was able to provide. My hope is that Webb can have the same level of impact to the image processing software world that Hubble did, because Webb is able to provide some great data, but it's all marred by those garbage diffraction spikes created by it's vane configuration. Image processing desperately needs a way to eliminate those spikes more efficiently, as it already doable, but it's both time consuming and still imperfect due to it is a very marring process that can create artifacts (that will need their own cleanup routines).
One of Hubble's biggest impacts was done as a byproduct. Hubble's data was significantly better than the image processing software at the time, so most of the images from Hubble look like garbage compared to what they could have been. Leaps and bounds were made in linear/non-linear noise clean up and multi-layer sharpening because of what Hubble was able to provide. My hope is that Webb can have the same level of impact to the image processing software world that Hubble did, because Webb is able to provide some great data, but it's all marred by those garbage diffraction spikes created by it's vane configuration. Image processing desperately needs a way to eliminate those spikes more efficiently, as it already doable, but it's both time consuming and still imperfect due to it is a very marring process that can create artifacts (that will need their own cleanup routines).
Amusingly, She is Back to life!
Maybe she just needed to learn Code?
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Maybe she just needed to learn Code?
NASA's Voyager 1 finally starts making sense again
The decades-old NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft has begun sending readable communications again after months of transmitting gibberish.
Could be NASA just learned to speak the coded Jive she picked up in her travels. I still have trouble with coded Jive when I enter Birmingham Alabama or Atlanta Ga.
Even after 60 plus years of hearing that,... Uh well,... should we just call it local, dialect ?
Even after 60 plus years of hearing that,... Uh well,... should we just call it local, dialect ?
