engineers at JPL<\/a> correctly diagnosed the problem on the Voyager 1 spacecraft that put it in a boot loop since November. They uploaded a patch (22+ hours from here to there) and have been waiting all day for confirmation that it worked. That’s pretty decent tech support for a 50-year old hand-built computer that’s 15 billion miles away. <\/p>\nI guess patience pays off.<\/p>\n
Your pal,<\/p>\n
– bob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friends, It’s been one of the Monday-est Mondays in a while, but here’s some good news that makes me remarkably happy. The engineers at JPL correctly diagnosed the problem on the Voyager 1 spacecraft that put it in a boot loop since November. They uploaded a patch (22+ hours from here to there) and have … <\/p>\n
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