Real concept put into practice? Voyager 1 & 2. Launched in the 70s, still transmitting data from outside of our heliosphere. And NASA has tweaked certain functions over the years to keep extending the life of the space craft so they can still transmit data to Earth
I was young when the Voyagers were launched. It’s really freaky to me that I’m retired now and they’re barely out of the solar system. Also that their puny computers, which my phone outperforms by many orders of magnitude, are not only still working but updatable after all this time.
Real concept put into practice? Voyager 1 & 2. Launched in the 70s, still transmitting data from outside of our heliosphere. And NASA has tweaked certain functions over the years to keep extending the life of the space craft so they can still transmit data to Earth
I was young when the Voyagers were launched. It’s really freaky to me that I’m retired now and they’re barely out of the solar system. Also that their puny computers, which my phone outperforms by many orders of magnitude, are not only still working but updatable after all this time.