http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-151
Hmm, so 20 yrs flight / 12Hr 43m light comms becomes a problem - Is it due to effects of it's position (i.e. its age and/or "something" out there (some boundary/layer/surrounding/ aliens) causing interference )?
What wouldn't I give to be on the debug-team for that?!
I could add my debugging talents:
ReplyDelete"Add a PRINTF command into this loop - see what it says..."
13hrs later...
datadatadatadataTHIS IS A TEST STRINGdatadatadatadata
Right. I'll get my coat...
bump
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