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NASA’s 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that prevents it from returning science data to Earth from the solar system’s outer reaches.

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that’s causing a bit of a communication breakdown between the 46-year-old probe and its mission team on Earth.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    From ChatGPT just now:

    Me: Summarize projects active as of early 2022 involving plans to send objects out of the solar system

    ChatGPT (v4) Voyager 1 and 2: Continuing their journey, both launched in the 1970s. They are studying the outer solar system and interstellar space. New Horizons: After its Pluto flyby, it’s on an extended mission to explore the Kuiper Belt and beyond.

    Pioneer 10 and 11: Although no longer sending data, they continue to travel out of the solar system.

    Interstellar Probe Study: A NASA conceptual study for a mission to explore the interstellar medium.

    Breakthrough Starshot Initiative: A research and engineering project aiming to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail spacecraft, capable of making the journey to Alpha Centauri.

    NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Programs: Some concepts under study, such as solar sails and fusion propulsion, could potentially send craft out of the solar system. These projects represent a blend of ongoing missions, conceptual studies, and advanced propulsion research with potential applications for future interstellar travel.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Incidentally, the light sail starshot project is talking about speeds of 0.3c.

      I fucking love that project. Heard about it from Neil Tyson.