Re:Space Hackers Prepare to Reboot 35-Year-Old Spacecraft
by blueintegral on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @10:14AM
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There is none. This spacecraft doesn't even have an onboard computer. The only reason people don't routinely hack spacecrafts like this is because you need a worldwide network of huge dish antennas to communicate with it. Right now, outside of the Deep Space Network, only the Aricebo dish is capable of transmitting to it. Once it gets closer to earth (within a few million miles), the 20 meter dish at Moorehead in Kentucky will be used.
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Re:Space Hackers Prepare to Reboot 35-Year-Old Spacecraft
by toomuchtodo on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @03:48PM
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You could use multiple, smaller dishes than Aricebo; coordination is required though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_interferometer
Example: The VLA http://www.vla.nrao.edu/