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"Uptime 15,364 days - The Computers of Voyager" by Aaron Cummings

Strange Loop Conference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Space exploration & spaceflightEmbedded systems & DIY electronicsHistory of computing

What it is

A Strange Loop 2019 talk by Aaron Cummings on the computing systems aboard Voyager 1 and 2, which control the spacecraft and record and return data decades after launch in 1977.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it in Voyager threads as a good talk on how these old computers have proved durable and adaptable.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “There's a good talk about the computers on the Voyagers available online here.”

    Good talk on the Voyager computers

    retrac, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2”

  2. “Talk on the Voyager computers”

    throwaway888abc, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it's time for a software patch”

  3. “this talk was really good”

    Talk about Voyager probe computers

    ForHackernews, 2024-06 · Recommendation · in “Voyager Spacecraft and Fortran 5”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: voyager, nasa, spacecraft computing, embedded systems, legacy systems

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