Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments

Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by cdelsolar on Saturday June 15, 2024 @01:49PM (#40691344)

The nuclear launched manhole cover is likely further

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Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by cyberlurker on Saturday June 15, 2024 @08:19PM (#40693671)

I think that burned up before exiting our atmosphere.

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Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by cdelsolar on Monday June 17, 2024 @09:44AM (#40705560)

I'm not sure about that. At its launch speed (lower limit 66 km/s) it would have taken under a second to get to where the atmosphere is no longer thick enough.. would that have been enough time to vaporize it?

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Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by bgirard on Monday June 17, 2024 @12:03PM (#40707109)

It's the other way around. Regardless of speed, it has the same number of particles to displace. At high speed these particles you're hitting are like hitting a concrete wall. The faster you go, the worse it is, and the less time you have to cool down the heat you're generating.

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Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by ornornor on Sunday June 16, 2024 @11:48AM (#40697903)

Which one is that?

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