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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by obmelvin on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:49AM (#49219199)
In most cases that would indicate an organizational failure. However, if something is trillions of miles away, and wrong commands could break communication etc, I'd probably just stick with the most experienced person as well.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by PunchyHamster on Saturday August 08, 2026 @02:48AM (#49219437)
It still should be documented, and documented very well, because if anything happens to that person there is nothing left
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by tempestn on Saturday August 08, 2026 @02:58AM (#49219483)
It probably is.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by swiftcoder on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:06AM (#49220068)
Not only is it documented, there are simulators of most of her key systems available[1].

[1]: https://github.com/Zaneham/voyager-fds-emulator

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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by LPisGood on Saturday August 08, 2026 @03:42PM (#49225171)
The AI slop readme is a real turn off. Makes me question the quality/accuracy of the rest of the project.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by unfocso on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:42PM (#49226170)
I wonder what kind of prompt they had to use to make a Readme that rude and unfunny
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by obmelvin on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:48PM (#49226215)
FWIW, that project appears to be a passion project from someone who has gathered materials. It is NOT real JPL simulator code.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by obmelvin on Saturday August 08, 2026 @10:12PM (#49227760)
I can't edit, but realize GP said 'project', so my comment would've been more helpful to the parent of that comment.
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