What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on

Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by cryptonector on Saturday October 31, 2026 @02:33PM (#50318679)

Indeed, it could have been obsolete tech as of launch. That's typically how it goes.

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Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by absoflutely on Saturday October 31, 2026 @03:54PM (#50319486)

I believe they meant that the receivers/transmitters on Earth are likely newer than 50 years old. And you're also probably right that the hardware installed on the voyager could be several years older than the launch date of the craft

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Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by jacquesm on Saturday October 31, 2026 @03:56PM (#50319512)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Deep_Space_Network

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Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by hulitu on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:42AM (#50333502)

In the Rust compiler, yes. In reality, no. /s

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