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NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2 (www.jpl.nasa.gov)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2::Once the spacecraft’s antenna is realigned with Earth, communications should resume.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You missed the best part that it only takes 18 hours for the signal to travel 20 billion kilometers. That's the longest two way communication in history and honestly that's not going to change soon.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

looks at TCP 3-way handshake in absolute horror

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Also puts into perspective that many stars we observe are millions of light years away.