Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by lttlrck on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:47PM (#38650130)

I need an eink display on my office wall showing the current location/status. I always get a tremendous sense of wonder and wellbeing thinking about these probes/achievements, maybe it'd help keep me centered before the daily onslaught.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by hackernewds on Thursday December 14, 2023 @09:07PM (#38650301)

the current status is that we do not know where it has fared to, according to the title

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by fnordpiglet on Thursday December 14, 2023 @09:14PM (#38650359)

Unless aliens grabbed it or something hit it, I’m pretty sure we know precisely where it is. What we don’t know is what it’s experiencing there.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by Vecr on Thursday December 14, 2023 @09:57PM (#38650656)

Not exactly, the model for the various slowing/drag effects are not known along even its near future course.

Edit: disregard, I think it's probably still measurable, just not as well.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by ant6n on Friday December 15, 2023 @08:09AM (#38653791)

Nono, it's Voyager _6_ that gets destroyed by the Klingons.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by soylentcola on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:12AM (#38655546)

I thought 6 was the one that became V'Ger.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by cafeinux on Saturday December 16, 2023 @07:22PM (#38669165)

It is, and afaik no Voyager probe has been destroyed by the Klingons.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by ant6n on Sunday December 17, 2023 @04:03AM (#38671436)

Oh true. It was pioneer 10 that will get destroyed by Klingons. It’s easy to get them mixed up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10#Pioneer_10_in_popul...

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by hypertexthero on Saturday December 16, 2023 @09:33AM (#38664460)

Some systems seem to be off: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by hawski on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:30AM (#38655723)

I think you could get away with just printing a status page once every few months.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by DonHopkins on Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:05PM (#38665804)

Or moving a post-it note with a tiny little dot on it.

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