The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer malfunction last November.
  • Scirocco@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    1 年前

    They figured out how to resolve it weeks ago.

    It has taken this long to implement the results, and to get usable data flowing again

    • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 年前

      They’re basically rewriting the software, and if it goes horribly wrong, the probe will just stop talking forever. So no one was in a big rush to push this into production.

      • Scirocco@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        9 个月前

        But, it worked!

        They have actually done it, the madlads

        (What’s the gender neutral equivalent of madlads?)