boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoCrazy that after all this time we can still communicate with Voyager 1. Even though it is babbling back now.
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s actually not all that hard. They just have to blast it with a radio signal strong enough from Earth for it to hear and they have to have really big dishes on earth in order to hear it.
minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAs an electrical engineer who dabbled in RF in school, that sounds supremely difficult.
Crazy that after all this time we can still communicate with Voyager 1. Even though it is babbling back now.
That’s actually not all that hard. They just have to blast it with a radio signal strong enough from Earth for it to hear and they have to have really big dishes on earth in order to hear it.
As an electrical engineer who dabbled in RF in school, that sounds supremely difficult.