NASA has a programming "oops" V'Ger 2 cant transmit data for 2 months now

[AUS-97HORN 11756]

someone didn't check the code to make sure they didn't tell the antenna to turn itself 2 degrees......

 

supposedly V'Ger 2 will auto reset itself in the correct position on oct 15th

NASA Coder:

[Pescado_Rojo 19412]

[Js1 85258]

So it’ll come back to us, fully sentient, in the 23rd century? 

[Macanudo 12974]

I saw this yesterday and my first thought was....   We're worried about a 45 year old satellite is malfunctioning?  Considering this thing was built with 70's technology and has been floating around in the ether for that long, it's been a huge success.

[Parliament 14225]

So we couldn't buid a Ford Pinto that wouldn't explode when it hit a speedbump, but we're supposed to believe we could build a machine that could fly through radiation and space dust for 45 years straight?  Riiiiight.

[Dahobbs 17521]

22 minutes ago, Parliament said:

So we couldn't buid a Ford Pinto that wouldn't explode when it hit a speedbump, but we're supposed to believe we could build a machine that could fly through radiation and space dust for 45 years straight?  Riiiiight.

Ford didn't build Voyager 2.

[Brisketexan 105041]

1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

Ford didn't build Voyager 2.

That's right.  Adobe did, using Mexican ingenuity....

[BamaATL 16593]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

So it’ll come back to us, fully sentient, in the 23rd century? 

I just hope we get Lt. Ilia back, she was hot. 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10226]

[YGIFS 19449]

Isn't the failure to properly rotate the antenna what caused HAL to freak the fuck out initially?  And this is all happening IRL, the same week NASA announces they've already deployed AI on some of their previous missions?  Yeah, can't wait to see where this is going...

[miguelito 11250]

Shoot, I'm 46 and sometimes I don't function properly, and sometimes my antenna points the wrong way.

[Deej 76750]

At least it's not sending ads we paid not to get. 

[Kennythetiger 9374]

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

So we couldn't buid a Ford Pinto that wouldn't explode when it hit a speedbump, but we're supposed to believe we could build a machine that could fly through radiation and space dust for 45 years straight?  Riiiiight.

How about a cd player that wouldn’t skip?  

[RDCanecutter 26377]

OP negged for reminding me of that dorktastic Star Trek movie.

[Parliament 14225]

^^^

 

[ztejas 43411]

What's the vaginer 2?

[gyroprotagonist 2592]

Oct 15th and the first message back will asking to confirm NASA's banking information at First Intergalactic

[RPM 26315]

4 hours ago, BamaATL said:

I just hope we get Lt. Ilia back, she was hot. 

Um, about that...

[Francisco 2.0 32385]

7 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

someone didn't check the code to make sure they didn't tell the antenna to turn itself 2 degrees......

 

supposedly V'Ger 2 will auto reset itself in the correct position on oct 15th

NASA Coder:

 

Pos rep for the V'ger reference alone.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2023 by Francisco 2.0

[Agent 13 314]

Mistakes like that are how this happens. 

[Newdoc 3439]

9 hours ago, ztejas said:

What's the vaginer 2?

Aka - Your second wife.

[AUS-97HORN 11756]

sounds like they un-oops'd it after 2 weeks.

 

Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe