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976488 No.976488 [Reply] [Original]

So, have they fixed Voyager yet? Do they even know what the fuck was wrong with it?

>> No.976505

no, not yet.

>> No.976536

>>976505
:C That sucks, right when they're about to analyze the Heliosphere the damn thing breaks down.

>> No.976608

Why can't NASA just admit it's aliens and try to decode it?!

>> No.976648

I think Voyager's expiration date is due...

>> No.976652

>>976608
Because that conclusion is stupid.

>> No.976669

>>976648
That stubborn little mars rover outlasted its date by forever. I was hoping voyager would manage the same.
>>976608
If its aliens we're fucked

>> No.976674

It's aliens

>> No.976688

>>976652
Everything else works fine except for the device sending the mysterious data. Pretty suspicious.

>> No.976724

>>976688
If it is aliens why would they use voyager?
Relatively speaking it is still insanely close to earth.
If they can contact Voyager than they are capable or sending messages or ships across vast expanses of space and can therefore easily contact earth.

>> No.976743

>>976724

Perhaps because we'd be more likely to detect something coming from our own machines than something that could be disregarded as background noise.

>> No.976754

>>976743
I like that theory.
I wish i knew more about what exactly was happening, anyone have a good news link?

>> No.976790

>>976724
Maybe Voyager is the only thing outside the solar system compatible with our technology. If they've been using a different medium for thousands of years, radio signals might be so archaic that they need to hijack existing radio technology. If they were advanced enough to do that, then they could probably transmit their own signals, yes, but it could also have something to do with lack of interest.

For the record, I still think Voyager is just fucking up, but if we do receive a signal from another civilization, I think it'll probably be in a way nobody saw coming, and the message would just be something akin to "Y'all ain't fucking alone, peace out."

>> No.976849

>>976743

luv u gaiz :3

>> No.976866

/sci/ - Science & Aliens

>> No.976883

>>976866
If it's good enough for Stephen Hawking it's good enough for me.

>> No.976897

The aliens are testing our intelligence. If we can decode the message they wont blow up our planet.

I for one welcome our new Alien overlords.

>> No.976919

>>976897

If they're advanced enough to reach us they won't have abything to gain from interacting with us in any way.

>> No.976929

>>976919
They can gain much lulz.

>> No.976934

>>976919
They'll be able to add another page to their Galactic Codex, which would be valuable at least scientifically.

>> No.976945
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976945

It's not aliens, the problem is caused by space engineers.

>> No.976949

>>976934
And they get 180 or even 300xp, and can earn an achievement which gives them more options on the next play-through.

>> No.976953

Voyager just wants more attention, the little shit

>> No.976955

>>976945
LOL.....

>> No.976960

>>976949
Humanity's ultimate goal will be unlocking Hardcore mode.

>> No.976981

guys link please

>> No.976994

yeah requesting a link to info on this mysterious data

>> No.977003

It's not aliens, guys.

>Updated May 17, 2010 at 5:00 PT.

One flip of a bit in the memory of an onboard computer appears to have caused the change in the science data pattern returning from Voyager 2, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday, May 17. A value in a single memory location was changed from a 0 to a 1.

On May 12, engineers received a full memory readout from the flight data system computer, which formats the data to send back to Earth. They isolated the one bit in the memory that had changed, and they recreated the effect on a computer at JPL. They found the effect agrees with data coming down from the spacecraft. They are planning to reset the bit to its normal state on Wednesday, May 19.

>> No.977007

>>976994
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-151

>> No.977013

>>977003
>On May 12, engineers received a full memory readout from the flight data system computer, which formats the data to send back to Earth. They isolated the one bit in the memory that had changed, and they recreated the effect on a computer at JPL. They found the effect agrees with data coming down from the spacecraft. They are planning to reset the bit to its normal state on Wednesday, May 19.

its space engineers alright

>> No.977029

>>977003
Just you wait and see, mother fucker, then we'll see who's laughing

>> No.977045

>>977013
Told you.

In space, no one can hear you scream as an engineer probes you.