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NASA Finds Cause of Voyager 2 Glitch

Posted by kdawson on from the blame-cosmic-rays dept.

astroengine writes "Earlier this month, engineers suspended Voyager 2's science measurements because of an unexpected problem in its communications stream. A glitch in the flight data system, which formats information for radioing to Earth, was believed to be the problem. Now NASA has found the cause of the issue: it was a single memory bit that had erroneously flipped from a 0 to a 1. The cause of the error is yet to be understood, but NASA plans to reset Voyager's memory tomorrow, clearing the error."

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  1. Re:Sometimes, if you do things right... by thhamm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "So, do you know what i'll do before i do it?"
    "Yes."
    "And if i do something different?"
    "Then i don't know that."
    "Cool, cool ..."

  2. Re:Just incredible! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What's it like?

  3. Re:Sense of Recent History by fdrebin · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Not wrong in my neck of the woods. I'll admit that it was a period of transition, so perhaps drugstore chain X kept them around longer, while drugstore chain Y disposed of them sooner. There could well have been regional components as well, local economics, etc.

    I didn't attempt to correlate when they disappeared from where with any other factors etc.

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    Stupidity... has a habit of getting its way.