boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoCrazy that after all this time we can still communicate with Voyager 1. Even though it is babbling back now.
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months 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-up0·10 months 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.