Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

siyurikspakvariisis

an article on the subject for the curious:

Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again

"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”

Ars Technica

#Voyager 1 #NASA #astronomy #Ars Technica #news

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BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

Dir. Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell

#Black Narcissus #Michael Powell #Emeric Pressburger #Powell and Pressburger #Deborah Kerr

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eccebitch

when i was a young man i carried my pack, and i lived the free life of the rover.

#The Pogues #Eric Bogle #Banjo Paterson #to be clear: this is NOT the traditional song Waltzing Matilda #(even though I've tagged that song's original composer Banjo Paterson due to a brief quotation of Waltzing Matilda at the end of this song)#this song has been covered by many people and bands including The Pogues; Bogle is the composer and lyricist #a good ANZAC Day to all Australian and New Zealanders out there #nightcap

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hamsahandprint

Yentl (1983)

#Yentl #Barbra Streisand #see you for the remaining 40 years of this marathon next week #MGM100

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pierppasolini

A Christmas Story (1983) // dir. Bob Clark

#A Christmas Story #Bob Clark #Peter Billingsley #Ian Petrella #Melinda Dillon #MGM100

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Octopussy (1983)

#Octopussy #John Glen #Maud Adams #Roger Moore #James Bond #007 #this was MGM's first distribution of a 007 movie after its 1980 purchase of United Artists #MGM100

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junior-stargazer-goke91

WarGames (1983)

Director: John Badham

Cinematographer: William A. Fraker

#WarGames #John Badham #William A. Fraker #Matthew Broderick #Ally Sheedy #MGM100

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welcometoyouredoom

#My Favorite Year #Richard Benjamin #Peter O'Toole #MGM100

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junospooky

Pink Floyd: The Wall, 1982 dir. Alan Parker

#Pink Floyd: The Wall #Pink Floyd #Alan Parker #MGM100

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The Secret of NIMH (1982) dir. Don Bluth

#The Secret of NIMH #Don Bluth #MGM100

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spookytuesdaypod

be honest: which spooky poltergeist scene spooked you the most back when you first saw it?

#Poltergeist #Tobe Hooper #Heather O'Rourke #Craig T. Nelson #JoBeth Williams #Dominique Dunne #Oliver Robins #MGM100

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abduloki

Rocky III (1982)

Acknowledging that your fear exist is the first step to recovering from a trauma. The next step is identifying what you fear exactly and why. Only then can you figure out ways to overcome it, or it will plague you for the rest of your life.

#Rocky III #Sylvester Stallone #Talia Shire #MGM100