Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit...
by codexb on Sunday November 17, 2024 @10:26PM
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I mean, the Voyager probes are completely proprietary. They’re completely custom, built for a unary purpose.
Building long lasting hardware makes a lot of sense when you expect to use that technology for a long time. I’m sure there was a time when people thought we’d be using steam power forever.
It makes less sense if the rate of technological innovations makes hardware or software obsolete every 5-10 years.
Building long lasting hardware makes a lot of sense when you expect to use that technology for a long time. I’m sure there was a time when people thought we’d be using steam power forever.
It makes less sense if the rate of technological innovations makes hardware or software obsolete every 5-10 years.