The Software Update – The Insane Hack That Saved Voyager 1 [video]

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daemonologist · 5h ago

An excellent video from Scott Manley about last year's fix of the Voyager 1 computer. Not related to the recent thruster fix.

Original title "The First Interstellar Software Update - The Insane Hack That Saved Voyager 1"; this combined with the [video] tag was too long, so I removed the "number + adjective" in accordance with the HN guidelines.

daemonologist · 4h ago

See related:

- from David Cummings at JPL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43732632

- from Bruce Waggoner at JPL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42385393

- Ars article from the time of the fix: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40155293

- CNN article from when communication was lost: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640900

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The Software Update – The Insane Hack That Saved Voyager 1 [video]

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