Next hardware reset and automatic reorientation for Voyager 2 is October 15th. Yes the device automatically resets itself about four to five times a year. Communications are expected to be reestablished then.

Someone ran 'systemctl restart networking' while SSH'd into the probe.

sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

Wikipedia states: "In July 2023, communication with Voyager 2 was lost when flight control pointed its antenna away from Earth, moving it by 2 degrees away from Earth. The NASA dish antenna in Canberra is being used to search for the space probe and will be used to saturate its location with commands to re-align the probe's antenna in an attempt to re-establish the radio link. If NASA fails to contact the probe, it is expected that an automatic system on Voyager 2 will direct its dish toward Earth in October 2023."

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191341035/nasa-voyager-2-spacecraft-contact

Sounds like it's a recoverable error (if the scientists can't do it the spacecraft has an automated process that'll kick in in October.) Still, I can't imagine what that must feel like.

V2 be like: "WHAT did you say about my mother? F... you, Earth man."

Mission control: "Dude you don't have a mother it was a typo. Dude. Talk to me."

seen

Mission control: "Dude."

seen

Mission control: "C'mon man."

This message could not be sent. V2 may have blocked your number

You just need to reboot it manually

That's why your color your production windows red.

When you ufw enable but forgot to whitelist port 22

Hello IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?

Probably played with the firewall settings and accidentally disabled port 22... It sucked when I did that

Looks like someone removed the ssh keys

There's no going into the office to fix this one...

Patching recent ssh vulnerabilities I see

UP ARROW!!

Tfw you conf t and shut a management port down on accident and don't have a backup console connection

ssh root@vps
[commands]
sudo shutdown now

FUC-

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-loses-contact-voyager-2-sent-wrong-command-mistake-space-2023-8

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

No biggie just get someone to mount the files system and edit the ssh file 😌

iptables -P INPUT DROP

Must have been an intern.

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

Wow, I just read the wiki. It has a 64 Megabyte tape storage, so after it realigns the antenna they can receive the data they've missed. Pretty state of the art for 1977. I wonder how they shielded it from radiation. The fuel source of the reactor lasts probably until 2026. After that, it'll travel as a brick, most likely long after humans rm -rf'd