Quote Originally Posted by P9CLY View Post
Another good watch.

Just watching "NASA's Voyager Mission:Remastered.

On you tube...2hrs 45mins
Thanks for the pointer...well worth a watch.


Quote Originally Posted by Saint-Just View Post
Mostly 1960s technology. Likewise, you could probably instruct the owner to repair his Series 2 over the phone
The above told me that the Voyager digital data tape recorder is driven by a rubber belt and uses 328 m of 1/2 inch 8 track tape, capable of holding 67 Mb data at launch. The total power available to the craft was 470 W at launch and that too degrades over time.