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No one is immune from this (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Awww, what a shame though. This probe was doing some really cool stuff, it's kinda iconic in my head.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago

    It should be ok. It's due to self-reset its orientation on October 15, they put measures in place for if they accidentally lost contact.

    I would still be besides myself if I had made that error though.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Yeah all jokes aside this is a actually pretty big loss for the scientific community. Assuming it's completely unrecoverable. We blew our chance to actually measure the conditions in interstellar space and see if it lines up with our theories, and another probe is not only not planned for the foreseeable future by any space agency, it will also take decades to get to where Voyager 2 is now.

    Edit: Nevermind, see the other comment. It's likely not permanently lost!

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