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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:20:49 JST Ars Technica

   Voyager 2 phones home and says everything is cool

   After sending the command, NASA had to wait 37 hours for a response.

   https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/voyager-2-phones-home-and-says-everything-is-cool/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Christian Mutig 👻🚫 (ductos@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:28:28 JST Christian Mutig 👻🚫

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     @arstechnica "All is well, carbon units."

   • RodneyPetersonTalentAgency (rodneypetersontalent@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 10:21:50 JST RodneyPetersonTalentAgency

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     @arstechnica

     “Voyager reporting in. Collision with second spacecraft, Nomad. Not to worry. Self repaired and heading back to home base at greatly increased speed. New mission: Sterilize Sterilize. Sterilize.”

   • Anthony (givemeanthony@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 11:27:36 JST Anthony

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     @arstechnica 37 hours… so that means, since it’s a round-trip for the message, it’s about 18.5 light hours away which is equivalent to 133.5 AU or 12.41 billion miles.