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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by NavinF on Sunday November 17, 2024 @05:55PM (#42168110)
FWIW his quote also applies to a lotta devices here on Earth. For example guns are not designed to last forever, but they are designed not to fail. You don't want to hear a click when you expect a bang or vice versa. As a side effect, they last forever. It's fairly common for a 100 year old gun to work perfectly in 2024.
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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by xpe on Monday November 18, 2024 @09:05AM (#42172351)
There are also expectations about maintenance and some notion of a “standard” environment. For example, unmaintained firearms work less well (or fail) when exposed to humid conditions.

See also: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/museums/upload/10-01_508.pdf

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