Voyager spacecraft begin to power down

Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by mc32 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @03:29PM (#31792979)

Carter is a really nice man. He was not a good president though. Granted much of the badness was out of his control, but such is life.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by helloooooooo on Saturday June 18, 2022 @03:54PM (#31793205)

I think his presidency is stained by the impossible geopolitical and economic environment of his era.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by Ma8ee on Saturday June 18, 2022 @03:40PM (#31793072)

How was he a bad president?

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by cpuguy83 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @06:48PM (#31794500)

Mainly record high inflation and the gas crisis (which was way worse than today's).

Whether or not anyone could have stopped that doesn't matter, ppl attribute this to him.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by TedDoesntTalk on Saturday June 18, 2022 @11:58PM (#31796034)

He was also blamed for not bringing home the American prisoners that Iran kidnapped.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by perilunar on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:44AM (#31807843)

I never understood that. He authorised a mission to do it; it was hardly his fault the mission failed.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by mc32 on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:25PM (#31818626)

"Mission Accomplished!" Yes, they all get blamed for things not under their control.

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Re:Voyager spacecraft begin to power down by Spooky23 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @10:06PM (#31795481)

His biggest issue was that he was a manager, focused too much on processes and policy detail.

A President usually sets the tone and direction of policy, but avoids personal accountability for the details for a variety of reasons.

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