How could they achieve this with much abstraction?

I know it makes no sense about what I'm going to say but: whenever I lose a 'simple 5G phone call' connection I remind myself that the Voyager 1 runs on 69kb of memory and there's a robot on Mars.

We are so detached from the software "engineering" in our jobs that we are amazed when we see it.

Wish javascript devs would read this. If the web is slow, its because of them

Very cool, first time reading about the specifics of voyager 1, this is super impressive!

What happens when hydrazine tanks run out and it can't stabilize anymore to shoot data back to earth? it's over?

Amaze. Amaze. Thank you for sharing.

I knew about the memory, but an 8-track tape ? That is a surprise. But when you think of it, what else could you use for this in 1977.

What amazes me is the tape lasted almost 30 years. I knew tapes back then could last a while, 30 years being bombarded with cosmic rays ? inconceivable :)

More resources than AOC has.

> For the first time in the history of the universe, as far as we know, an object built by a living species had left the protective bubble of its home star system...

Seriously?