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Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/nasa

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I always feel bittersweet when I think about the voyager missions.

We’ve cared for and loved these spacecraft for generations, seeing them break bonds that we never knew we could break. That care and tending has shown us how far we can reach out if we try.

I fear humanity is at a point where we’re looking at the ground. Trapped in a web of capitalism, and perhaps soon, a web of broken low earth satellites. Too interested in fighting over ideals and artificially scarce or mismanaged resources than we are working together.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They might not get the press coverage that the Voyager missions did, but we're still doing (and planning) cool things in deep space. Just look at New Horizons, JWST, DART, Perseverance and Ingenuity, OSIRIS-REx, Psyche, Europa Clipper, Dragonfly, Uranus Orbiter...

As the cost of launches continues to come down, I am hopeful that the decreased barrier to entry will result in an increase in cool space missions.