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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Strange Loop Conference

Topic

voyager spacecraft computers

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• There's a book on the computers used at NASA from the beginning through to when it was written - late 80s, I think. Whole thing is available online [1] It has a chapter titled "Voyager - The Flying Computer Center". [2] It gives a high-level …

• Love the Voyagers story. Just get me thinking: Why there is not more missions like this ? It takes significant time to cross "somewhere there", every year one launch could not hurt ? Edit: *Obligatory video: "Uptime 15,364 days - The Computers of Voyager" by …

• If you're interested in the computers on the Voyager probes, this talk was really good: "Uptime 15,364 days" [VIDEO]