NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix
arstechnica.com
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."

“Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally.”

  • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    It is, but not around us. It doesn’t matter, because that orbit still comes back around.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      I would believe that if the universe was not constantly expanding, that would be mathematically true. I’m not mathematician, but I think with a constantly expanding universe, that’s not a mathematical certainty.

      • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        As I understand it, expansion doesn’t really affect local systems like galaxies directly/significantly. It’s not really a factor for voyager returning or not.