gregorum , 4 months ago

I remember hearing about the things this and Voyager 2 we’re doing as a grew up as a kid in the 80s. I remember hearing Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot while watching the Cosmos series on PBS… and I remember hearing about the end of their missions, as my heart sank.

Then we would hear things once in a while about how they’re still out there, Voyagers 1 and 2, and the what-ifs of trying to get in contact with them. And, now, we are. I love seeing these articles keep popping up and following this ongoing effort to keep trying to get them working again, to see what else we can get these old workhorses to do far beyond their original mission. It reminds me of that childlike wonder for space exploration i once had as a kid, even if we’re just talking about debugging a memory module, lol.