Susan A. Kitchens
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Congratulations to Ms. Suzy Dodd and the entire Voyager Operations team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)! Regaining comms w Voyager & getting health/status after 5 months is a BFD worth celebrating!

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/n...
04:27 PM - Apr 23, 2024
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Fries Andersen
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In response to Susan A. Kitchens.
Imagine your iPhone or iPad still working after 47 years. Now imagine that the actual technology used is probably older than 50 years, because when you design a spacecraft you have to freeze technology changes years before actual launch.
04:46 PM - Apr 23, 2024
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Susan A. Kitchens
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In response to Fries Andersen.
Exactly.
I was at JPL 1.5 weeks ago for family day (of staffers working on #EuropaClipper— my S.O.) to see craft before it launches to Jupiter. Fun to show SIL + niece the full scale model of Voyager & a display of the data tape deck that flew on Galileo. Space-qualified=bleeding edge old tech.
05:26 PM - Apr 23, 2024
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