[farrelle25]

There's a good documentary about the quirky team of NASA engineers that keep in contact with the Voyager probes...

It's slightly melancholic, the engineers are aging, the mission's heyday is long past... but there's something gripping about it...

"It's Quieter in the Twilight" (2022)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17658964/

[mmooss]

The mission's heyday is right now! They are in interstellar space!

We can and have send other probes to the planets.

[detourdog]

Definitely true. What Voyager is doing right now is mind blowing.

Its a shame Carl Sagan is with us to cheer.

[sien]

A Carl Sagan AI would be fun and almost somehow appropriate.

[77pt77]

Here you go:

https://character.ai/chat/J9KKnR34ouSfAiNQIlDnY2v8pW5a1-QGYG...

Now try not to commit suicide, like the floridian young man.

[tchbnl]

I don't think you can blame a bot for a mentally unstable kid and neglectful parents.

[mmooss]

The creators of the bot are responsible for the consequences of their actions. There are mentally unstable people (if that's true) and neglectful parents (again, if true - it's easy to duck responsibility by smearing the powerless victims), and if the bot is a threat to those people then the developers are doing wrong.

[lolinder]

Thank you for the recommendation! I just finished, and it was definitely worth the watch.

[dazhbog]

Started watching after your comment.. Fantastic documentary! And its great to see some shots of the screens they use to manage the probes and stuff. And yes, some ninjas cutting onions..

[farrelle25]

... I found it a bit poignant / emotional as well! ... those engineers in a dusty office beside McDonalds... quietly keeping the mission going... in touch with something that's beyond our solar system now... True engineers! No glitz... quiet dedication...

[Tempest1981]

Thanks, just watched it... very good.

Hope they make it to 50 years.

[Ancalagon]

favorited this post just to be able to come back to this comment and watch the documentary. Thanks!