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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981 (www.livescience.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

each line of code is transmitted over a bandwidth that only supports 1/2 a bit, and it takes 3.5 years to reach the Voyager

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

This is the exact bit of data I was searching for, thanks a bunch.