r/spaceporn Dec 11 '24

Voyager 1 phones home from ~1 light-day away! Related Content

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u/xpietoe42 Dec 11 '24

All considering she operates off 70’s tech!!

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u/Caspi7 Dec 11 '24

Not to forget that the telescope they used was build in 1956 so 50' tech!

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u/alonghardKnight Dec 11 '24

It's government built. That means it's more likely 60's tech...

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u/NickUnrelatedToPost Dec 11 '24

That sound like 70's tech was bad.

On the other hand, if the probe had been build after 2000, it would already have been bricked because the auto-updater would have failed shortly after passing Jupiter.