boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down15
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-28 months agoGeek out question: is radiation much of a factor in degradation given: It’s moving further away from the Sun It’s traveling down solar wind so the total exposure is less than something in solar orbit And how damaging is background cosmic radiation compared to our Sun’s? Fun to ponder
Geek out question: is radiation much of a factor in degradation given:
And how damaging is background cosmic radiation compared to our Sun’s?
Fun to ponder