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[birds chirping]
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[sighs]
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We are reaching
the end of the mission.
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Hopefully it doesn't...
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get lost
because of an anomaly.
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Uh, but it's, uh-- it is--
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uh, yeah, it is...
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a lot of pressure.
[chuckles]
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You don't wanna
let down Voyager.
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[eerie electronic music playing]
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[phone dialing]
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[phone ringing]
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[Jeff] Hello?
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[Fernando] Jeff, are you there?
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[Jeff] Oh, yeah, yeah,
I'm here.
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[Fernando] So, what happened?
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[Jeff] It's been really wild.
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Yeah, um, basically the, um--
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certain things happened,
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unusual things happened
during the mag-roll
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that should have not
happened.
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Still, I mean, we do not know--
we don't know everything.
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[Fernando] If we can talk
a little bit later,
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people here are coming
into my office
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-and want to know...
-[Jeff] Okay.
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...what's going on,
what's happening?
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Have we been able to recover?
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[street din]
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[Andrea] Okay,
welcome to Voyager.
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Put those lights on.
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Okay.
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Wanna get the blinds open.
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We have our library,
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I'm not sure what this is
on the floor over here.
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This is our kitchen area,
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offices for the engineers,
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and, of course,
this is Suzy's office here.
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[crew member] Suzy, take one.
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My name is Suzanne Dodd
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and I'm the Voyager
project manager
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here at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory.
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I think, um,
being here, um...
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you're forgotten here.
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[pensive instrumental
music playing]
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Where we are now
is a complex called Woodbury,
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which is the name
of the street it's on.
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It's about a mile
from JPL, I think.
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Next to McDonald's.
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NASA management
doesn't really think of Voyager,
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doesn't really worry
about Voyager.
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It's out of sight,
out of mind kind of thing.
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That wasn't always the case.
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[machine whirring]
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[news anchor]
The mission of Voyager
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is the search for knowledge
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that will widen the horizons
of generations to come.
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The whole community,
the science community,
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the political community,
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were really hot
to do this mission.
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[news anchor] To help you feel
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the staggering dimensions
of this mission,
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it's worth recalling
how it got here.
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In the late '60s,
we learned it was possible
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to use the gravity
of one planet
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to accelerate the spacecraft
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and go to another planet.
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And then somebody found out
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that there's a very
unusual alignment in '77.
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All four
of the giant outer planets,
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Jupiter, Saturn,
and Uranus and Neptune,
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would be aligned
on the same side of the sun.
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That only occurs
once every 176 years,
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where you can go from Jupiter
to Saturn to Uranus to Neptune.
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[Suzy]
The last time that happened
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was during Thomas Jefferson's
administration.
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[Ed] In '77,
it happens again.
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When the Space Age itself
is only 20 years old.
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[John] As soon as
people realize that,
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they think we've got to send
a mission to do that.
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[reporter]
The Voyager Spacecraft
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will carry the eyes of men
farther than they've ever been
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and closer to the very limits
of our solar system.
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[spacecraft rumbling]
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They said,
"Okay, what we're gonna do
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is we're gonna have
two spacecrafts
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for redundancies."
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[reporter]
Cape Canaveral Florida
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sent another
unmanned Voyager spacecraft
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on its way
to Jupiter and Saturn.
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[Ed] That gave us
better assurance
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that at least one
could finish
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what's called the Grand Tour
of the giant outer planets.
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What we know about Jupiter
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and Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune
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were all achieved
by a single mission,
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flying breakneck speed
through the solar system.
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[news anchor] Not since 1969
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and man's first footsteps
on the moon
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has space captured the nation's
imagination to this degree.
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[man] We are in the process
of having completed
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the reconnaissance
of the solar system.
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It's a fantastic
historical achievement.
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[reporter] The scientists
and friends are here
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to celebrate the completion
of Voyager's Grand Tour.
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There's a strong feeling
of elation here
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as many continue
to ride the crest of a wave
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that carried the mission
to a monumental success.
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And after that,
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pretty much everybody thought
Voyager was over.
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I think we probably had about
1,200 engineers working on it.
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I-- I-- I-- you know,
I-- I don't even know I--
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how many people are working
on Voyager right now.
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Probably not more
than ten or 15.
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Today we have 12 people
that fly two spacecraft.
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They've dedicated
their whole career to Voyager.
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[electronic music playing]
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[John] It's not
that we fly by Neptune
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and then everything's done.
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Voyager has long legs.
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[man 1] As far as continuation
of the mission,
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we do plan to continue
tracking Voyager
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for as long as it's possible.
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[man 2] We move into
the interstellar mission,
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which will be staffed
by a much lower staffing level.
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[Ed] This is the next step
of exploration for mankind.
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The first to interstellar space.
We made it.
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[street din]
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Hello?
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Hello?
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[dialing tone]
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Hello?
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[background chatter]
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Hmm.
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[phone beeps, rings]
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[phone rings]
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[echoing] Hello?
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[Suzy] Hey, this is Suzy,
I'm on the line.
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Hey, Suzy,
we're about to walk in,
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so stand by.
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[Suzy] Okay.
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My first job
out of college was on Voyager.
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Entry level position.
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It was doing
what we call sequencing.
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The small team
that I was on
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was small, "relative small,"
it was 30 people.
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And I did that
for the Uranus encounter
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and then also
the Neptune encounter.
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Since then,
I've done several positions.
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I was working
on Spitzer and Cassini,
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raising kids,
lots of stuff going on,
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so I wasn't paying
much attention to Voyager
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until they called me
and said,
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"Would you like to be
the Voyager project manager?"
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I said, "Sure,
is it still going?" [laughs]
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I was surprised
when I came back
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as a project manager in 2010,
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how many people
were still on the Voyager.
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It's like I had never--
20 years had never gone by.
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[interviewer] When you
joined Voyager,
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what year was that?
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'73.
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I was a spacecraft
team chief through mid '81.
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Much later in my career,
they called me back.
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The experience is different
from day to day,
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but it's still
the same goal.
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There's a mission
to be flown.
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We need to put the instruments
through their paces,
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we need to make observations,
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we need to look for things
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where we're not sure
what we're gonna find.
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Just to get
the science back.
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And that's really
the role of-- of these teams.
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[Jefferson]
Our focus is to make sure
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that we get the scientists
the data that they want.
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No space driver's
ever been out this far.
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[electronic music playing]
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Astrophysicists,
they're tickled to death
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that both Voyagers
have survived
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and are taking data
in interstellar space.
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[John] There's a chance
to see something new
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or learn something that hasn't
been learned or observed before.
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My best day is
when we have a staff meeting
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and Ed Stone is there
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and he's talking about
what they're seeing.
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[interviewer] We're talking
with Dr. Edward Stone,
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Voyager project scientist.
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Dr. Stone is a professor
of physics at, uh, CalTech.
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Doctor, um,
what are the responsibility--
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your responsibilities
here at JPL?
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I'm Ed Stone,
I'm the chief scientist
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for the mission called
the Project Scientist
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for Voyager.
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[interviewer] Dr. Ed Stone.
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Ed Stone,
the Voyager project scientist,
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has joined us again.
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The, uh, Voyager project
scientist, Dr. Ed Stone.
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[Chris] The one and the only
project scientist
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that Voyager has ever known.
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The one and only.
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Voyager was really
a pathfinder.
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The fact that it lasted 42 years
and is still working
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is something
we could not have imagined
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back in those days.
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What we're learning is
how this-- the wind of the sun
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interacts with the wind
from the other stars nearby.
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The Voyager 1 entered
interstellar space in 2012
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and it was
in the northern hemisphere
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of the heliosphere.
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The heliosphere's a huge bubble
the sun creates around itself.
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Voyager 1
was in the North.
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Voyager 2
was in the South.
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We were surprised
to find that,
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in terms
of where the heliopause is,
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it's almost as far
from the sun in the South
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as it is in the North.
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By measuring
the distance to the sun
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at two different points,
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it helps us
model this interaction
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between the heliosphere
and interstellar space.
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It's a very
important interaction
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because the heliosphere
shields Earth.
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Over 70% of what's outside
can't get in
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because of this outward flow
of the wind pushing things back.
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The size of the heliosphere
is really very important
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in terms of the radiation
environment here on Earth.
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We had no good idea
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how big
the heliospheric bubble was.
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That's what
the Voyager determined.
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It changed our view
of the solar system.
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[monitors beeping]
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What Voyagers have told us
are the first hints
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of what's in the space
between the stars
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outside the heliopause,
and the scientists there
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are fundamentally
having to change their models
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of-- of what they thought
that space was like.
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To find out
what's out there,
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it's just-- it's just amazing.
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[Chris] People really thirst
for that fundamental knowledge
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that's being exposed, uh,
by the Voyager spacecraft.
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[gentle music]
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It's about giving people
the sense of exploration
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and adventure...
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and hope.
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[indistinct,
overlapping radio chatter]
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And that's
very important to us.
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The science return is there.
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If we can keep
the spacecraft healthy,
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the science takes care of itself
and will come back.
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[Suzy] There's still
discoveries out there.
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[Jefferson] But it's
a lot more challenging now.
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For Voyager 1, the one way
light-time is 20 hours.
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[Todd] That means the signal
coming from Voyager 1
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takes over 20 hours
to get to Earth.
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Moving
at the speed of light,
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a zippy
186,000 miles per second.
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Voyager 2 is not far behind,
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it's about 17 light-hours
away from Earth.
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[Suzy] If I come in
on a Monday morning
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and I say, "Hey, Voyager.
How you doing? Good morning,"
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it's gonna take me
'til Tuesday afternoon
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that-- that I get a response
back from Voyager
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that says,
"Hi, I'm doing great."
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[mysterious electronic music]
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[Chris]
The other issue is that, um,
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we're all older now
and that age, uh,
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casts a-- sort of a shadow
over the things that we do.
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[John] Thi-- this ship was
launched, you know, what,
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45 years ago?
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Well, people don't know
the details
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of what is behind it.
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What are they now?
They're in their 80s and 90s.
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I mean, I'm 87.
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[Suzy] That's a real issue.
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Nowadays,
when we're talking about, um,
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decisions we're making
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in the engineering world
on the project,
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a lot of it
goes way back
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to when they built
the spacecraft.
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What were the specifications
on this part?
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What was it tested at?
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How conservative were they
when they put this number
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on this piece of paper
40 years ago?
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And you go back
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and you try to find
those original engineers
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that wrote the document
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and a lot of them
are no longer alive.
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I read through
these documents
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that I worked on
back in the beginning,
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signed by all these people
that I had worked with.
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Most of those people are gone.
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It may be a race between how
long we, as individuals live,
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versus how long
the-- the spacecraft
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can still communicate with us.
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There's such
a knowledge base
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that's in the engineer's head,
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that it's critical
to have people
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who are on the project
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and have been
on the project a long time,
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continue to work on the project
as long as possible.
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You know,
Jeff Hall, Sun, Enrique.
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Most of us
are single point failures.
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Yeah, I'll be 70
next week.
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Almost in the old days.
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I've been working
on Voyager for so long,
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I cannot imagine,
uh, leaving the project.
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They have
what you can't get from paper.
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They understand
the idiosyncrasies
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of the spacecraft.
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Their whole professional careers
are on this mission
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and making
this mission successful.
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[Sun] It's hard for me
to just see this machine,
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it's kind of like
a part of, uh...
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me.
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Very proud
of what I'm doing,
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especially
from my background.
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I was born and raised
in Mexico.
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I was born and raised
in Korea, South Korea,
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in a small farming village.
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[Fernando] In Colombia,
as a child,
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I never,
in my wildest dreams,
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thought that I would end up
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working with this
particular project.
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That was never
in my mind.
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[Jefferson] I grew up
in [indistinct], Mississippi.
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I wanted to get
into a technical field,
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but during that time
segregation was big
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and weren't allowed
to go to schools
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where they offered
technical degrees.
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So, I went to school
in Alabama.
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Tuskegee Institute,
now Tuskegee University.
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I came to the States
for a small vacation.
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November, 1968.
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Then I met my to-be wife.
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My guardian angel.
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I immigrated
to United States
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after high school.
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But I came in December 1977.
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But I didn't know
about the Voyager back then.
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I came on in '78,
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just prior
to Jupiter encounter.
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[reporter] After exactly
18 months of flight,
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Voyager 1 will reach Jupiter
on March 5th.
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[Jefferson]
For Jupiter encounter,
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we had to
design and-- and develop
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new and different sequences
or get pictures
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and whatever kind of science
it would take.
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[Chris] We didn't know
what we were gonna find.
348
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We sort of set up the camera
on the spacecraft
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and we would just stare
at the planet
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and we'd take pictures.
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And the pictures
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would produce movies.
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[mysterious electronic music]
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I mean, it was incredible.
355
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We would see something
that we can't even describe.
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[Ed] It-- it appears
to be radiating 30% more energy
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than it ab-- absorbs
from the sun.
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In terms of the foot
of the flux tube,
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those are the same
magnetic field lines
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that thread the Taurus,
so yes...
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We were immersed with
one discovery after the other.
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[reporter] The main surprise
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was the amount
of activity on Io.
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You showed us the picture
of the volcano there
365
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,716
and that was--
that was news.
366
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Before Voyager,
the only known active volcanoes
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in the solar system
were here on Earth.
368
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And then we flew by Io,
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which is a moon
about the size of our moon.
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It had ten times
the volcanic activity of Earth.
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Suddenly, we realized
our terra-centric view
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of what the planets
and solar system were like.
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Nature was really doing
these incredible things.
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[applauding]
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[Chris] It was exciting.
376
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We were all early
in our Voyager experience.
377
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That was
a long time ago.
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There is still a lot more
we need to learn
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about the solar system.
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But the spacecraft
isn't all as it was
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40 years ago.
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I like to think
of the spacecraft
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as senior citizens.
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Over time
they've aged differently,
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different things have broken,
386
00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:03,131
so they don't behave
quite the same today
387
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as they did at launch.
388
00:21:16,362 --> 00:21:20,279
Voyager 2 has more challenges
than Voyager 1.
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[Suzy] Voyager 2 is colder
and has less power margin.
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Honestly, we don't really know
why it's colder.
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It goes back to the fact
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that over time
these twin spacecraft
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have aged differently.
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[Chris] The whole system
is cooling down.
395
00:21:41,604 --> 00:21:45,478
In particular,
the hydrazine, the propellant
396
00:21:45,521 --> 00:21:48,002
that we use to keep
the spacecraft oriented
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00:21:48,045 --> 00:21:49,917
to point back to Earth.
398
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,354
[reporter]
16 tiny rocket thrusters
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00:21:52,398 --> 00:21:54,704
fueled by decomposing hydrazine
400
00:21:54,748 --> 00:21:58,708
turn the craft or change
its velocity when required.
401
00:22:00,710 --> 00:22:02,538
[Chris] We're within
a couple of degrees
402
00:22:02,582 --> 00:22:04,540
of having that freeze.
403
00:22:06,281 --> 00:22:09,153
As it cools down
and eventually freezes,
404
00:22:09,197 --> 00:22:11,634
uh, we can no longer
point the spacecraft
405
00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:13,288
and it will
just drift off
406
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,638
and that'll be the end
of the mission.
407
00:22:24,081 --> 00:22:27,302
[Todd] One of the other
sticky issues on Voyager 2,
408
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,479
the only antenna
that can talk to Voyager 2
409
00:22:30,523 --> 00:22:34,918
is DSS, Deep Space Station 43,
in Canberra, Australia.
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00:22:34,962 --> 00:22:41,403
♪
411
00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:54,895
DSS-43 is gonna be down
from February of 2020
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00:22:54,938 --> 00:22:58,638
clear out to about
as late as December 2020.
413
00:22:58,681 --> 00:23:04,165
When that antenna is down,
we cannot command Voyager 2.
414
00:23:04,208 --> 00:23:06,559
[reporter] The mammoth
electronic ears
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00:23:06,602 --> 00:23:08,691
of today's deep space network
416
00:23:08,735 --> 00:23:12,956
can and do continuously track
and receive data
417
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,959
from probes
to the edge of our solar system.
418
00:23:22,531 --> 00:23:26,013
[Ed] We have stations
North of Barstow, California,
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00:23:26,056 --> 00:23:27,580
others in Madrid,
420
00:23:27,623 --> 00:23:30,104
and another one
in Australia in Canberra.
421
00:23:39,113 --> 00:23:40,506
[Suzy] Voyager 2
can only be seen
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00:23:40,549 --> 00:23:41,768
in the southern hemisphere
423
00:23:41,811 --> 00:23:43,247
because it's so far down
424
00:23:43,291 --> 00:23:44,901
and out of the plane
of the planets.
425
00:23:46,163 --> 00:23:47,730
So, it can only be seen
426
00:23:47,774 --> 00:23:49,993
by the Australian
Deep Space Center Site
427
00:23:50,037 --> 00:23:51,952
that's located outside
of Canberra.
428
00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:59,960
[birds chirping]
429
00:24:03,093 --> 00:24:04,965
[Enrique] DSN announced
430
00:24:05,008 --> 00:24:07,663
that they were going to be
having some big maintenance
431
00:24:07,707 --> 00:24:11,667
that they had to do
on the Canberra station,
432
00:24:11,711 --> 00:24:13,060
the 70 meter station.
433
00:24:13,103 --> 00:24:16,150
[tense music]
434
00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:24,375
We'll still get downlight,
435
00:24:24,419 --> 00:24:27,291
we'll be able to look in
and view Voyager 2,
436
00:24:27,335 --> 00:24:28,858
make sure it's healthy,
437
00:24:28,902 --> 00:24:31,339
but we don't have
uplink capabilities.
438
00:24:33,167 --> 00:24:35,256
So, if there's a problem
with the spacecraft,
439
00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:37,780
we can't send something
to fix it.
440
00:24:39,434 --> 00:24:42,306
[Suzy]
So, we're really kind of, um--
441
00:24:42,568 --> 00:24:44,395
scrambling
is not the right word,
442
00:24:44,439 --> 00:24:47,486
but we're-- maybe
it's controlled scrambling?
443
00:24:48,399 --> 00:24:50,750
Right now,
what we have for Voyager 2
444
00:24:50,793 --> 00:24:52,360
is unsustainable.
445
00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:53,709
Period.
446
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:57,844
This spacecraft
would not survive the downtime.
447
00:24:59,889 --> 00:25:02,588
We have to put enough margin
on our power and thermal
448
00:25:02,631 --> 00:25:05,329
at the start
of that antenna downtime
449
00:25:05,373 --> 00:25:07,027
to last a year.
450
00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:09,116
Trying to plan
how we get through that period
451
00:25:09,159 --> 00:25:11,684
without causing something
to freeze.
452
00:25:11,727 --> 00:25:14,730
[birds chirping]
453
00:25:18,647 --> 00:25:20,649
[keys jangling]
454
00:25:24,435 --> 00:25:26,263
So, full disclosure,
455
00:25:26,307 --> 00:25:28,396
I've had a lot of trouble
with this car this year.
456
00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:29,571
We cannot...
457
00:25:31,094 --> 00:25:33,357
fix it,
uh, although we're close.
458
00:25:33,401 --> 00:25:35,838
It's the engine
control module, ECM.
459
00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:38,362
I'm trying to think of a way--
it's kind of like,
460
00:25:38,406 --> 00:25:40,364
as we keep
trying to keep Voyager warm,
461
00:25:40,408 --> 00:25:42,976
we think that it's--
when it's cold it fails,
462
00:25:43,019 --> 00:25:44,760
so I'm thinking
of a way to bring a heater in
463
00:25:44,804 --> 00:25:46,501
and maybe
go off the battery
464
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,329
and-- and warm up
the engine control module
465
00:25:48,372 --> 00:25:51,027
if it ever fails
to-- uh, to start.
466
00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:52,638
Knock on wood,
467
00:25:52,681 --> 00:25:54,204
it's started
for the last three weeks, so...
468
00:25:57,599 --> 00:25:59,340
I'm not
that mechanically minded,
469
00:25:59,383 --> 00:26:01,342
surprisingly,
for a rocket scientist,
470
00:26:01,385 --> 00:26:03,997
but, uh, I certainly had
the opportunity.
471
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,217
My dad is incredibly handy,
he can fix anything,
472
00:26:07,261 --> 00:26:08,610
and I could have been
out with him
473
00:26:08,654 --> 00:26:10,307
learning all this stuff,
474
00:26:10,351 --> 00:26:12,135
but I-- I was inside
practicing the piano.
475
00:26:12,179 --> 00:26:15,269
[jazzy music]
476
00:26:15,312 --> 00:26:17,314
Music's like
a second career.
477
00:26:17,358 --> 00:26:18,664
I'm in six groups.
478
00:26:18,707 --> 00:26:20,274
♪ I'll never be...
479
00:26:20,317 --> 00:26:21,884
Sometimes it's just running
480
00:26:21,928 --> 00:26:23,625
from one musical rehearsal
to the other.
481
00:26:23,669 --> 00:26:25,758
[choir singing]
482
00:26:25,801 --> 00:26:27,716
I try
to keep them straight.
483
00:26:28,238 --> 00:26:30,023
I just couldn't decide
throughout my life,
484
00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,199
music or engineering.
485
00:26:32,242 --> 00:26:34,593
I decided just to keep
deferring the decision.
486
00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:37,683
I still pinch myself
487
00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:40,294
that these musical dreams
of childhood have come true
488
00:26:40,337 --> 00:26:42,949
just as my, uh, JPL
dreams came true.
489
00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:47,388
Um, who worked on Voyager
in the-- in the band here?
490
00:26:47,431 --> 00:26:49,390
One, Jeff did.
491
00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:52,088
-[Jeff] No, I didn't.
-Everybody's too young, so--
492
00:26:52,132 --> 00:26:53,176
[laughter and crosstalk]
493
00:26:53,829 --> 00:26:55,875
My journey to Voyager
is a long one.
494
00:26:56,484 --> 00:26:59,792
It began when I was
a nerdy kid off in Kansas,
495
00:26:59,835 --> 00:27:01,489
uh, visiting my grandparents.
496
00:27:02,446 --> 00:27:03,752
[applauding]
497
00:27:03,796 --> 00:27:05,232
Thanks a lot.
498
00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:06,668
Uh, can you hear me
in the back okay
499
00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:07,843
with the cordless
headset mic?
500
00:27:07,887 --> 00:27:09,932
We're good? Wonderful.
501
00:27:09,976 --> 00:27:11,630
Anybody in eighth grade?
502
00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,066
When I was
in eighth grade,
503
00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:15,198
I had
this weird explorer gene
504
00:27:15,242 --> 00:27:18,071
and wanted to go see
all of Planet Earth.
505
00:27:18,593 --> 00:27:20,116
Every corner of Planet Earth.
506
00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:22,292
My grandparents,
they felt bad,
507
00:27:22,336 --> 00:27:24,164
they're like, you know,
"We'd love to take you somewhere
508
00:27:24,207 --> 00:27:25,295
and go exploring.
509
00:27:25,339 --> 00:27:27,341
We can't,
we have to farm wheat."
510
00:27:27,384 --> 00:27:29,169
[laughter]
511
00:27:29,212 --> 00:27:32,694
"But I have a magazine
that will take you places."
512
00:27:32,738 --> 00:27:33,826
So for the first time
513
00:27:33,869 --> 00:27:35,131
they showed me
National Geographic.
514
00:27:36,263 --> 00:27:39,788
And I read five years
of back issues,
515
00:27:39,832 --> 00:27:42,008
60 issues cover to cover
over two weeks.
516
00:27:42,051 --> 00:27:44,532
This was about 1981.
517
00:27:44,575 --> 00:27:46,621
Right when
the Voyager spacecraft
518
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,057
were flying by Saturn.
519
00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:54,716
[Ed] We're on our way
for a very interesting ride
520
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,326
through the Saturn system.
521
00:27:56,849 --> 00:27:58,198
[reporter] In the course
of its journey,
522
00:27:58,241 --> 00:28:00,330
Voyager discovered
three new moons
523
00:28:00,374 --> 00:28:02,071
in Saturn's orbit
524
00:28:02,115 --> 00:28:05,466
and relayed baffling photographs
of Saturn's rings.
525
00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:10,601
[Ed] We had estimated that
there were hundreds of rings.
526
00:28:10,645 --> 00:28:13,474
What we're finding is
we should be saying thousands.
527
00:28:14,605 --> 00:28:16,999
[Todd] These, uh, places
have never been visited before.
528
00:28:17,565 --> 00:28:19,175
Seeing them
for the first time
529
00:28:19,219 --> 00:28:21,743
was just this
glorious feeling of exploration.
530
00:28:22,831 --> 00:28:25,442
And as soon as I saw
those images of the planets,
531
00:28:25,486 --> 00:28:27,967
the dozens of moons,
I was hooked.
532
00:28:28,010 --> 00:28:31,405
I just-- I knew that somehow
I wanted to be involved
533
00:28:31,448 --> 00:28:32,536
in the space program.
534
00:28:34,582 --> 00:28:36,584
And in eighth grade
I said,
535
00:28:36,627 --> 00:28:38,804
"I don't know
anything about this JPL,
536
00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:40,153
what it's like
to live in California,
537
00:28:40,196 --> 00:28:41,937
but that's where
I want to work.
538
00:28:41,981 --> 00:28:44,026
That's what I want to do
with my career and my life."
539
00:28:46,072 --> 00:28:48,030
Took three attempts
to get in the door,
540
00:28:48,901 --> 00:28:51,730
but finally,
my JPL dreams came true.
541
00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:57,039
-What age are we talking about?
-Both-- both.
542
00:28:57,561 --> 00:28:59,607
-[interviewer] From the '70s?
-Yeah, yeah.
543
00:28:59,650 --> 00:29:01,348
[interviewer]
You were there and did that--
544
00:29:01,391 --> 00:29:03,654
No, I'm not that old,
but I'm working it now,
545
00:29:03,698 --> 00:29:06,440
so there's-- there's only,
like, ten of us working it now.
546
00:29:06,483 --> 00:29:08,485
That was my question,
is how many there were--
547
00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:10,009
-Very few.
-And-- Okay.
548
00:29:10,052 --> 00:29:11,575
And-- but you're
still following it,
549
00:29:11,619 --> 00:29:13,229
it's still out there?
550
00:29:13,273 --> 00:29:14,796
Well, yes, yeah,
we're talking to both every day.
551
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:15,666
[interviewer]
It's still out there?
552
00:29:16,015 --> 00:29:17,277
Both are still out there.
553
00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:18,800
Most-- most distant
human object, so...
554
00:29:18,844 --> 00:29:19,932
I did not know that.
555
00:29:19,975 --> 00:29:21,716
We penetrated the bubble.
556
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,804
We're outside now,
we're in interstellar space
557
00:29:22,848 --> 00:29:23,892
with both spacecraft.
558
00:29:24,545 --> 00:29:25,894
So, yeah, we're till--
still talking to both,
559
00:29:25,938 --> 00:29:27,026
trying to keep them alive.
560
00:29:27,069 --> 00:29:30,159
[exciting music playing]
561
00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:35,817
I'm the newest member
of Voyager.
562
00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:38,080
You never know when
you're the new guy coming in,
563
00:29:38,124 --> 00:29:39,603
how that's gonna work out,
564
00:29:39,647 --> 00:29:41,475
and they've welcomed me
with open arms.
565
00:29:42,128 --> 00:29:44,478
I'm living out
my childhood dream
566
00:29:44,521 --> 00:29:46,915
in kind of
the twilight of my career
567
00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:48,787
and the twilight
of the Voyager mission,
568
00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:51,615
helping keep these two
beautiful spacecraft going.
569
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,364
[computers buzzing]
570
00:30:01,408 --> 00:30:03,062
[Suzy] So, we're sending up
571
00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:06,761
the CRS command here,
572
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,415
command Saturday?
573
00:30:08,458 --> 00:30:10,330
[Roger] Yes.
574
00:30:10,373 --> 00:30:13,202
[Suzy] Okay, what's the--
uh, what's the time...
575
00:30:14,029 --> 00:30:15,074
they go up?
576
00:30:15,683 --> 00:30:19,469
Uh, it's gonna go up
around 2:45 a.m.
577
00:30:19,513 --> 00:30:21,297
Saturday morning.
578
00:30:21,341 --> 00:30:22,995
[Suzy] Okay, Fernando,
579
00:30:23,038 --> 00:30:24,910
you probably
would already do this,
580
00:30:24,953 --> 00:30:27,608
but can you send out a note
when you see, um--
581
00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:29,088
Oh, absolutely, yeah,
582
00:30:29,131 --> 00:30:32,178
I will send
a, uh, complete report
583
00:30:32,221 --> 00:30:36,008
as to what the, uh,
power change, uh, that we saw
584
00:30:36,051 --> 00:30:37,748
and, uh, receiving
of the comments.
585
00:30:37,792 --> 00:30:39,750
-Yes.
-[Suzy] Okay. Uh...
586
00:30:39,794 --> 00:30:42,231
We're trying to get the whole
Voyager 2 all lined up
587
00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:45,582
so we can ride out
this antenna downtime.
588
00:30:49,108 --> 00:30:50,718
In order to do that,
589
00:30:50,761 --> 00:30:52,328
we're gonna have to
turn off instruments
590
00:30:52,372 --> 00:30:54,287
or at least turn off
instrument heaters.
591
00:30:57,420 --> 00:31:00,206
[Todd] We have five fields
and particles instruments
592
00:31:00,249 --> 00:31:01,642
on each spacecraft.
593
00:31:02,817 --> 00:31:06,081
One of those instruments
is not working on Voyager 1...
594
00:31:07,996 --> 00:31:09,432
but nine out of ten
595
00:31:09,476 --> 00:31:11,782
are still functional
after 40 years.
596
00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:13,393
At some point,
597
00:31:13,436 --> 00:31:15,656
we have to start
turning off science instruments.
598
00:31:16,831 --> 00:31:20,356
We lose about four watts
of power, uh, generation a year.
599
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,532
So, we have to keep
turning things off.
600
00:31:22,576 --> 00:31:24,404
And that's
a real Sophie's choice.
601
00:31:24,447 --> 00:31:25,971
How do you decide
602
00:31:26,014 --> 00:31:27,233
which science instruments
turn off first?
603
00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,322
But one of
the beautiful things,
604
00:31:29,365 --> 00:31:31,237
all science instruments
have heaters.
605
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,587
So, before you turn off
a science instrument,
606
00:31:33,630 --> 00:31:35,371
we'll try to turn off
the heater
607
00:31:35,415 --> 00:31:38,505
or even swap heaters through
a lower powered heater,
608
00:31:38,548 --> 00:31:40,811
and maybe
the instrument survives.
609
00:31:42,204 --> 00:31:45,251
We need to turn off the heaters
to save power margin,
610
00:31:45,294 --> 00:31:46,861
to give us
the power margin.
611
00:31:47,557 --> 00:31:51,518
[Enrique] Here's
the power margin for Voyager 1.
612
00:31:52,258 --> 00:31:54,260
10.1 watts.
613
00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:57,872
Then we go to Voyager 2,
614
00:31:57,916 --> 00:31:59,961
we only have 7.5 watts.
615
00:32:01,093 --> 00:32:02,268
Right now.
616
00:32:02,311 --> 00:32:03,878
Do the math
617
00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:06,925
and we use
four watts per year.
618
00:32:08,404 --> 00:32:10,754
The light bulb in your fridge,
probably 20 watts.
619
00:32:11,712 --> 00:32:13,018
So, that means
620
00:32:13,061 --> 00:32:16,021
we have
a year and change
621
00:32:16,847 --> 00:32:18,023
to do something.
622
00:32:18,632 --> 00:32:23,854
Because we're not gonna have
the power to keep going.
623
00:32:31,775 --> 00:32:33,516
That's what we're starting
624
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,389
just within
the next week or so.
625
00:32:36,432 --> 00:32:37,738
We're going to be
turning off
626
00:32:37,781 --> 00:32:39,609
a heater
on the CRS instrument.
627
00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:46,051
[Enrique] The CRS
is the Cosmic Ray Subsystem.
628
00:32:46,094 --> 00:32:48,967
[Suzy] Do we turn one on
and then one off or--
629
00:32:49,010 --> 00:32:51,186
-Yes.
-Actually, no, that's-- How--
630
00:32:51,230 --> 00:32:53,972
Sun, what's the-- what-- what
are the steps in that command?
631
00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:57,279
Well, we turn off bay one heater
to gain the power--
632
00:32:57,323 --> 00:32:59,325
-Okay.
-margin and then turn off
633
00:32:59,368 --> 00:33:00,979
the CRS replacement heater
634
00:33:01,022 --> 00:33:02,241
-and turn on--
-Okay.
635
00:33:02,284 --> 00:33:04,025
-- the CRS supplement heater
636
00:33:04,069 --> 00:33:06,375
and then we have
two mitigating commands.
637
00:33:06,419 --> 00:33:08,160
-And then we turn on--
-Okay.
638
00:33:08,203 --> 00:33:09,988
-- the bay one heater back on.
639
00:33:10,031 --> 00:33:11,685
[Suzy] Okay.
640
00:33:11,728 --> 00:33:13,208
[man] Sun, did you see
replacement
641
00:33:13,252 --> 00:33:14,557
or supplemental first?
642
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,256
Uh, we turn up
replacement heater
643
00:33:17,299 --> 00:33:19,301
and then turn on
the supplement heater.
644
00:33:19,345 --> 00:33:21,216
-[man] All right, thank you.
-[indistinct].
645
00:33:22,261 --> 00:33:24,350
[tense music]
646
00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:32,314
[Suzy] I think we feel
there's a 50-50 chance
647
00:33:32,358 --> 00:33:33,707
that the instrument
may freeze,
648
00:33:34,621 --> 00:33:35,709
so we don't know.
649
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,113
[Enrique] I'm the early bird.
650
00:33:48,156 --> 00:33:49,853
I can get my coffee.
651
00:33:49,897 --> 00:33:53,901
This is from home,
my creamer and my sugar,
652
00:33:53,944 --> 00:33:55,685
because I'm the only one
that has sugar.
653
00:33:56,512 --> 00:33:58,949
Everybody's too healthy
for that.
654
00:33:58,993 --> 00:34:00,081
I'm not.
655
00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:03,084
[computer beeps]
656
00:34:06,087 --> 00:34:10,222
What we're doing
is turning off heaters.
657
00:34:10,264 --> 00:34:12,266
We're gonna do that
with the CRS.
658
00:34:12,311 --> 00:34:15,400
If it works,
one more success.
659
00:34:15,879 --> 00:34:17,098
But we'll see.
660
00:34:17,141 --> 00:34:20,319
[tense music]
661
00:34:26,498 --> 00:34:27,891
[man speaking indistinctly
on phone]
662
00:34:27,935 --> 00:34:30,719
[Enrique] 160, decimal,
663
00:34:30,764 --> 00:34:32,809
Charlie, foxtrot, golf.
664
00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:37,074
[man] Copy all, thank you.
665
00:34:39,554 --> 00:34:41,079
[Enrique] Yeah, all right.
666
00:34:50,391 --> 00:34:53,873
[faint beeping]
667
00:35:11,935 --> 00:35:14,286
[Chris] The commands
are all issued on board
668
00:35:14,329 --> 00:35:16,157
by the central command
computer.
669
00:35:17,637 --> 00:35:19,508
Roughly 14-bit command
670
00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:21,989
that goes
to the power subsystem.
671
00:35:22,685 --> 00:35:25,166
The power subsystem
decodes it
672
00:35:25,601 --> 00:35:27,342
and it determines
673
00:35:27,386 --> 00:35:31,781
which relay is being asked
to be turned on or off.
674
00:35:32,304 --> 00:35:35,655
The power subsystem
then executes that command.
675
00:35:36,612 --> 00:35:39,354
What we've noticed is,
occasionally,
676
00:35:39,398 --> 00:35:42,879
that command
is not executed properly.
677
00:35:45,534 --> 00:35:48,363
[Todd] If you think of all
the set of commands on Voyager 2
678
00:35:48,407 --> 00:35:50,191
as-- as rows and columns,
679
00:35:50,235 --> 00:35:52,280
if you command
a certain command
680
00:35:52,324 --> 00:35:54,239
in a given row or column,
681
00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:57,590
you might inadvertently get
another command in that column.
682
00:35:58,286 --> 00:36:00,419
Voyager 2's the only one
that has that issue.
683
00:36:00,462 --> 00:36:02,899
We have not
figured out, really,
684
00:36:02,943 --> 00:36:05,728
to any level of satisfaction,
685
00:36:05,772 --> 00:36:08,514
what failure is lurking
in the power subsystem
686
00:36:08,557 --> 00:36:10,298
that causes this to happen.
687
00:36:10,342 --> 00:36:12,039
So, it might get worse.
688
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:16,348
[Jefferson]
By the time you find out
689
00:36:16,391 --> 00:36:18,088
something has happened,
690
00:36:18,132 --> 00:36:19,786
you know,
it happened 16 hours ago
691
00:36:19,829 --> 00:36:21,440
or 20 hours ago
or whatever.
692
00:36:21,483 --> 00:36:24,094
So, you can't do things
very quickly,
693
00:36:24,138 --> 00:36:26,619
so you got to anticipate
what the spacecraft is gonna do.
694
00:36:39,022 --> 00:36:42,069
[pulsing electronic music]
695
00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:51,861
[computer beeping]
696
00:37:10,053 --> 00:37:12,578
Got kind of cold,
but it worked.
697
00:37:12,621 --> 00:37:13,970
It continued to work.
698
00:37:14,493 --> 00:37:18,801
Right now,
the CRS is -76 Fahrenheit.
699
00:37:18,845 --> 00:37:20,934
It was--
we never tested it that cold
700
00:37:20,977 --> 00:37:22,283
because we never imagined
701
00:37:22,327 --> 00:37:24,807
we would be,
uh, that cold.
702
00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:26,983
But you see,
scientists are smart.
703
00:37:27,593 --> 00:37:29,638
They probably designed
their instrument
704
00:37:29,682 --> 00:37:33,076
knowing there might be a--
an opportunity in the mission
705
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:37,037
where they'll have to settle
for flying without their heaters
706
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,518
because the power
will be so precious.
707
00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:42,869
[Suzy]
We were able to save that
708
00:37:42,912 --> 00:37:44,653
approximately
five watts of power
709
00:37:44,697 --> 00:37:46,612
by turning off,
um, the heater
710
00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:48,918
and-- and still have
the instrument work.
711
00:37:48,962 --> 00:37:50,703
That was the first time
in 42 years
712
00:37:50,746 --> 00:37:52,705
that the instrument heater
has been off.
713
00:37:54,968 --> 00:37:58,058
[street din]
714
00:38:06,632 --> 00:38:09,330
[Enrique]
I keep a trend of the power.
715
00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:10,418
This is the end.
716
00:38:11,637 --> 00:38:12,725
2030.
717
00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:15,249
2030.
718
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,120
Other things might happen
719
00:38:17,164 --> 00:38:21,124
that alter this getting to 2030,
I'm sure.
720
00:38:21,864 --> 00:38:25,520
But we'll be content,
uh, right here.
721
00:38:26,173 --> 00:38:27,696
2025. Right there.
722
00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:33,093
We're an extended mission,
so it's not as prestigious.
723
00:38:34,355 --> 00:38:37,967
Some people decided
to do other things,
724
00:38:38,838 --> 00:38:39,926
but I decided to stay.
725
00:38:41,580 --> 00:38:43,886
I like
because it's full of challenges.
726
00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,759
I never thought
727
00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:49,631
that, uh, programming
or reprogramming a spacecraft
728
00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:52,895
was gonna be
part of my life.
729
00:38:54,723 --> 00:38:58,031
I joined Voyager
for the Uranus encounter.
730
00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:00,816
Uranus is the most
distant object from Earth
731
00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:03,384
ever visited
by a manmade craft.
732
00:39:03,428 --> 00:39:05,821
[Enrique] I was
an assembly language programmer,
733
00:39:05,865 --> 00:39:08,346
the lowest level
that you can program.
734
00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:13,655
I was hired with JPL
as an independent contractor.
735
00:39:14,874 --> 00:39:16,745
I also joined the Voyager
736
00:39:16,789 --> 00:39:19,226
just before
the Uranus encounter.
737
00:39:19,269 --> 00:39:21,707
I went
to University of Texas
738
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:24,710
and JPL came to our school
to recruit students.
739
00:39:25,885 --> 00:39:27,800
And I didn't know
everybody else was doing
740
00:39:27,843 --> 00:39:30,150
and I didn't know
what I was supposed to be doing,
741
00:39:30,193 --> 00:39:33,501
but it was just exciting to see
everybody getting excited.
742
00:39:34,241 --> 00:39:35,895
It's been a lot of fun
watching them.
743
00:39:35,938 --> 00:39:37,636
They see something
they consider interesting,
744
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:39,377
they're all jumping up and down
and shaking hands.
745
00:39:39,420 --> 00:39:41,640
I mean, it's like
somebody just had a kid.
746
00:39:43,468 --> 00:39:45,383
[Enrique] The world
was looking at Voyager.
747
00:39:45,905 --> 00:39:48,864
The press, if they knew
that you were from Voyager,
748
00:39:48,908 --> 00:39:51,084
they wanted the inside scoop.
749
00:39:51,127 --> 00:39:53,260
[reporter]
Voyager 2's approach to Uranus
750
00:39:53,303 --> 00:39:56,785
is now a little more
than 16 hours away.
751
00:39:56,829 --> 00:39:58,657
[reporter 2]
About two minutes ago,
752
00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:02,182
Voyager 2 passed through
its closest approach to Uranus.
753
00:40:02,225 --> 00:40:04,706
[applauding]
754
00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:07,405
[Enrique]
We were seeing the images
755
00:40:07,448 --> 00:40:09,624
come down
bits at a time.
756
00:40:09,668 --> 00:40:11,104
Click, click, click, click.
757
00:40:12,627 --> 00:40:13,846
It was amazing.
758
00:40:15,325 --> 00:40:18,328
We were making history
and then from that point on,
759
00:40:18,372 --> 00:40:21,462
and-- I was just--
you know, I was just soaring.
760
00:40:21,506 --> 00:40:23,116
[reporter 3]
Today, they hit the jackpot.
761
00:40:23,159 --> 00:40:25,118
Six hours of information
762
00:40:25,161 --> 00:40:27,903
as Voyager passed in and out
of the planet's orbit.
763
00:40:27,947 --> 00:40:29,688
[all cheering]
764
00:40:29,731 --> 00:40:30,819
[man] That's it!
765
00:40:33,126 --> 00:40:35,476
All right, to all my friends
who made this one possible,
766
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,825
thank you.
767
00:40:36,869 --> 00:40:38,305
Let's see if we get
some good data out there.
768
00:40:38,348 --> 00:40:39,480
[clapping]
769
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,962
[Enrique] And after
finishing the encounter,
770
00:40:43,005 --> 00:40:45,791
I was hired
to stay with Voyager.
771
00:40:46,835 --> 00:40:48,271
Little by little,
772
00:40:48,315 --> 00:40:52,101
as the team
got smaller and smaller,
773
00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:54,582
I assumed other tasks.
774
00:40:54,626 --> 00:40:57,933
When the power
subsystem guy left,
775
00:40:57,977 --> 00:41:00,719
I-- I took over
that function.
776
00:41:00,762 --> 00:41:03,417
When the propulsion guy left,
777
00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:05,158
I took over that function.
778
00:41:06,551 --> 00:41:08,770
It's amazing
how many hats I have.
779
00:41:13,819 --> 00:41:15,821
[Sun] After
the Uranus encounter,
780
00:41:15,864 --> 00:41:17,344
I didn't want to go
anywhere else.
781
00:41:19,259 --> 00:41:22,784
I got married on the project
and I had my son on the project.
782
00:41:23,263 --> 00:41:25,004
There were
so many personal, um,
783
00:41:25,526 --> 00:41:27,528
uh, feelings attached to it.
784
00:41:29,399 --> 00:41:31,924
My family,
you know, like, my sons,
785
00:41:31,967 --> 00:41:34,492
they are so familiar
with the Voyagers.
786
00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:37,364
My oldest son,
he sometimes called
787
00:41:37,407 --> 00:41:39,148
when he was in college
788
00:41:39,192 --> 00:41:41,237
and then he says, like,
"Oh, so how's the Voyager?"
789
00:41:41,281 --> 00:41:43,501
You know, it's just like,
"How's your grandma, right?"
790
00:41:44,066 --> 00:41:47,374
So, it's just like a part
of a-- our family life.
791
00:41:49,463 --> 00:41:52,205
[interviewer] When did you
first build this Lego model?
792
00:41:52,248 --> 00:41:53,685
I was probably
elementary school age.
793
00:41:53,728 --> 00:41:55,861
That's-- I'm gonna say
sometimes then.
794
00:41:55,904 --> 00:41:58,603
You have the antenna piece,
you have the RTG,
795
00:41:58,646 --> 00:42:00,561
the power generator,
that's this piece,
796
00:42:00,605 --> 00:42:02,520
and this is the scan platform
with the cameras
797
00:42:02,563 --> 00:42:04,609
as well as some other
instruments that were used.
798
00:42:04,652 --> 00:42:07,829
[gentle music]
799
00:42:16,925 --> 00:42:19,841
[Sun] When I first came
from Korea after high school,
800
00:42:19,885 --> 00:42:21,539
I didn't really
have a plan.
801
00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:22,975
I was young
and I wanted to see the world.
802
00:42:24,324 --> 00:42:27,980
So, I joined the military.
[chuckles] US Army.
803
00:42:29,503 --> 00:42:32,332
It's, like, one of the best
experiences I ever had.
804
00:42:39,774 --> 00:42:41,689
My mom, she had hard life,
805
00:42:41,733 --> 00:42:44,474
and then she wanted us
to be educated,
806
00:42:44,518 --> 00:42:47,347
have a better life,
so she tried so hard.
807
00:42:48,957 --> 00:42:52,700
She passed away when I was,
uh, in the middle school.
808
00:42:52,744 --> 00:42:54,397
I always wanted
to honor my mom.
809
00:42:58,793 --> 00:43:02,144
Yeah, I feel like, yeah,
she would be proud of my-- me,
810
00:43:02,188 --> 00:43:03,537
if she could see me now.
811
00:43:11,545 --> 00:43:14,069
So, as long
as the Voyager needs me,
812
00:43:14,113 --> 00:43:16,942
I can never,
ever not answer.
813
00:43:16,985 --> 00:43:20,249
[keyboard clacking]
814
00:43:25,124 --> 00:43:28,127
My schedule keeps changing,
my "will retire in"
815
00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:29,563
keeps changing.
816
00:43:30,129 --> 00:43:33,306
People keep moving that.
It used to be 2020.
817
00:43:35,743 --> 00:43:38,616
When I see that Voyager,
818
00:43:40,095 --> 00:43:41,183
it doesn't need me,
819
00:43:42,445 --> 00:43:43,490
I will leave
820
00:43:44,317 --> 00:43:46,493
and enjoy
the last phase of my life.
821
00:43:48,495 --> 00:43:51,063
Travel.
My wife loves to travel.
822
00:43:51,803 --> 00:43:53,848
Visit the kids,
the grandkids.
823
00:43:54,849 --> 00:43:57,635
They live in San Francisco.
Eli and Lola.
824
00:43:58,810 --> 00:44:00,420
They're in San Francisco.
825
00:44:00,463 --> 00:44:02,117
It's-- it's a piece of cake
to go there.
826
00:44:02,770 --> 00:44:04,554
Well, not really. [chuckles]
827
00:44:04,598 --> 00:44:07,514
As you get older,
those seven-hour drive...
828
00:44:08,689 --> 00:44:10,952
you have to stop, twice.
829
00:44:16,392 --> 00:44:18,481
[Chris] We sort of
pick milestones.
830
00:44:20,222 --> 00:44:22,224
I'd kind of
like to be here
831
00:44:22,268 --> 00:44:24,444
if and when
it makes 50 years.
832
00:44:25,140 --> 00:44:26,751
My personal goal is--
833
00:44:26,794 --> 00:44:29,362
is to have the mission last
for 50 years.
834
00:44:29,405 --> 00:44:33,018
I'm hoping
that, uh, we can make 2027,
835
00:44:33,061 --> 00:44:34,759
so we can say,
"Oh, 50 years."
836
00:44:34,802 --> 00:44:36,238
That would be so unique.
837
00:44:36,282 --> 00:44:40,721
For me,
that's a technical success.
838
00:44:40,765 --> 00:44:42,549
It's an-- an achievement.
839
00:44:42,592 --> 00:44:46,118
It's a-- it's a goal
that I'd like to participate in.
840
00:44:47,075 --> 00:44:52,124
♪
841
00:45:13,798 --> 00:45:16,452
We're ready for our downtime.
Three months away.
842
00:45:21,457 --> 00:45:23,938
We're building
a giant background sequence now
843
00:45:23,982 --> 00:45:26,898
that will carry Voyager
through its entire downtime,
844
00:45:26,941 --> 00:45:28,595
early February of 2020,
845
00:45:28,638 --> 00:45:31,163
clear through
as late as December of 2020.
846
00:45:31,206 --> 00:45:33,165
I mean,
if we do it right,
847
00:45:33,774 --> 00:45:37,299
I'd say we have 95% chance
of coming out just fine.
848
00:45:38,257 --> 00:45:39,867
You have to remember,
849
00:45:39,911 --> 00:45:41,782
these spacecraft
have been flying for 40 years
850
00:45:41,826 --> 00:45:44,829
and for the last 30 years,
they've been pretty unattended.
851
00:45:45,568 --> 00:45:47,570
We don't command
the spacecraft very often.
852
00:45:48,397 --> 00:45:51,705
The spacecraft is designed
so that it can fly itself.
853
00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:54,447
So, it's been
very autonomous and it's--
854
00:45:54,490 --> 00:45:57,929
it's worked very well for--
since we left Neptune.
855
00:45:57,972 --> 00:46:00,453
Good morning and welcome
to the five o'clock edition
856
00:46:00,496 --> 00:46:01,802
of Voyager update.
857
00:46:01,846 --> 00:46:04,500
I'm your host,
Suzanne Dodd.
858
00:46:04,544 --> 00:46:07,329
Voyager
is 510,000 kilometers
859
00:46:07,373 --> 00:46:10,028
above the swirling cloud
tops of Neptune.
860
00:46:11,507 --> 00:46:13,466
Well, this is the day.
861
00:46:13,945 --> 00:46:17,426
We've been in an observatory
phase for months, seeing Neptune
862
00:46:17,470 --> 00:46:19,602
as a slowly growing dot...
863
00:46:21,126 --> 00:46:24,216
to something filling
the television screen.
864
00:46:25,130 --> 00:46:28,742
Beautiful,
austere, blue world.
865
00:46:29,699 --> 00:46:31,049
Look at the tire tracks.
866
00:46:31,092 --> 00:46:32,702
[chatter and laughter]
867
00:46:32,746 --> 00:46:34,313
[crowd clapping]
868
00:46:34,356 --> 00:46:36,576
The spacecraft entered
the Neptune system
869
00:46:36,619 --> 00:46:38,404
and safely made
its closest approach
870
00:46:38,447 --> 00:46:41,799
to the giant planet
and its unusual moon, Triton.
871
00:46:42,364 --> 00:46:46,891
Triton looks unlike anything
we have seen before.
872
00:46:46,934 --> 00:46:50,068
[scientist] It's got at least
three distinct types of terrain.
873
00:46:50,111 --> 00:46:51,460
[scientist 2]
We're all just amazed.
874
00:46:52,766 --> 00:46:54,724
Could one of you wax
philosophical
875
00:46:54,768 --> 00:46:56,726
about how you feel
after 12 years
876
00:46:56,770 --> 00:46:58,598
and being here
at the last planet?
877
00:46:59,164 --> 00:47:02,471
Now, you know, it's all gonna
sink in in the next few days,
878
00:47:02,515 --> 00:47:04,038
that would be the time
to ask the question.
879
00:47:05,735 --> 00:47:07,520
[reporter] Now, it is on
toward the vast sea
880
00:47:07,563 --> 00:47:08,695
of interstellar space.
881
00:47:11,089 --> 00:47:12,612
Once it went by Neptune,
882
00:47:12,655 --> 00:47:13,831
people sort of
forgot about Voyager.
883
00:47:14,701 --> 00:47:17,878
Frankly, I didn't really know
what had become of Voyager,
884
00:47:17,922 --> 00:47:20,185
um, when I left in 1990.
885
00:47:20,228 --> 00:47:21,664
[reporter 2]
Many of the world's journalists
886
00:47:21,708 --> 00:47:23,449
have broken down, packed up,
887
00:47:23,492 --> 00:47:25,668
and already left
the Jet Propulsion Site
888
00:47:25,712 --> 00:47:26,800
here in Pasadena.
889
00:47:28,628 --> 00:47:30,282
Um, I think in 2004,
890
00:47:30,325 --> 00:47:32,675
there was a termination review
for Voyager.
891
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:34,155
We had been going
892
00:47:34,199 --> 00:47:35,809
for more than ten years
after Neptune.
893
00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,985
There were some questions
at NASA
894
00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:40,988
whether or not
we were, uh, on a mission
895
00:47:41,032 --> 00:47:43,991
that was anywhere near
finishing.
896
00:47:44,035 --> 00:47:45,993
Why would you terminate
the mission?
897
00:47:46,037 --> 00:47:49,301
Well, 'cause it costs money
and we haven't seen anything.
898
00:47:49,344 --> 00:47:52,130
In 2005 was when we got
the first little hints
899
00:47:52,173 --> 00:47:53,958
that we might be closer
900
00:47:54,001 --> 00:47:56,612
to the edge
of the heliosphere
901
00:47:56,656 --> 00:47:58,745
because we felt
the termination shock.
902
00:48:02,444 --> 00:48:04,490
[Ed] Once we reached
the termination shock,
903
00:48:04,533 --> 00:48:07,710
where the supersonic solar wind
abruptly slows down
904
00:48:08,711 --> 00:48:10,365
as it approaches
the heliopause,
905
00:48:10,409 --> 00:48:12,324
that told us
we were finally getting close.
906
00:48:17,329 --> 00:48:18,634
[Suzy] I think
if that hadn't happened,
907
00:48:18,678 --> 00:48:20,158
there's probably
a good chance
908
00:48:20,201 --> 00:48:21,202
that they would've
canceled Voyager.
909
00:48:21,637 --> 00:48:23,944
If they had terminated it
in 2004,
910
00:48:23,988 --> 00:48:27,861
we would've never known
the distance of the heliopause,
911
00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:30,255
we would've never known
the interaction
912
00:48:30,298 --> 00:48:31,865
of the magnetic field
913
00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,649
and what happens
at the heliopause.
914
00:48:33,693 --> 00:48:36,261
It's one thing to have a theory
about what happens.
915
00:48:36,304 --> 00:48:39,655
The Voyager spacecraft
are actually there in situ.
916
00:48:40,439 --> 00:48:42,484
Not only that,
that there's two spacecraft.
917
00:48:43,224 --> 00:48:45,183
For a modeler,
it's important
918
00:48:45,226 --> 00:48:48,186
because anybody
can make a model
919
00:48:48,229 --> 00:48:49,927
that fits one data point,
920
00:48:49,970 --> 00:48:51,319
one Voyager spacecraft,
921
00:48:51,363 --> 00:48:53,234
but when you have
two data points
922
00:48:53,278 --> 00:48:54,714
that your model has to fit,
923
00:48:54,757 --> 00:48:56,194
then it becomes
much more accurate.
924
00:48:57,108 --> 00:48:59,675
So, it's important to have
both spacecraft still flying.
925
00:49:09,598 --> 00:49:11,035
Morning, Jeff.
926
00:49:11,078 --> 00:49:12,471
-Good morning.
-[Todd] How are you?
927
00:49:12,514 --> 00:49:13,820
-Fine, thank you.
-All right.
928
00:49:13,863 --> 00:49:14,952
-Morning.
-Good morning.
929
00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:16,954
Thank you.
930
00:49:17,693 --> 00:49:20,261
Andrea got us goodies.
931
00:49:20,305 --> 00:49:22,655
-Yep, Andrea's at it again.
-Yep.
932
00:49:24,483 --> 00:49:29,618
Okay, guys, uh, let's go ahead
and get started. Uh, systems.
933
00:49:31,011 --> 00:49:32,578
Uh, they both look good,
934
00:49:32,621 --> 00:49:35,146
no gaps, no DRs
until the [indistinct].
935
00:49:35,842 --> 00:49:39,802
Uh, this morning we had
a antenna foresight calibration.
936
00:49:39,846 --> 00:49:42,414
-Assumed that all went well.
-Everything looks good.
937
00:49:42,457 --> 00:49:43,545
By the book.
938
00:49:44,111 --> 00:49:45,852
Uh, just a reminder.
939
00:49:45,895 --> 00:49:49,029
Uh, tomorrow, Todd is giving
a presentation on the...
940
00:49:50,291 --> 00:49:54,382
uh, fuel consumption
and remaining, yeah?
941
00:49:54,426 --> 00:49:56,863
He will tell us whether we're
going to run out of fuel or not.
942
00:49:56,906 --> 00:49:58,517
-[laughter]
-Slightly important.
943
00:49:58,560 --> 00:49:59,735
[Roger] We've been waiting
all this time.
944
00:49:59,779 --> 00:50:01,259
Yeah, right.
945
00:50:13,662 --> 00:50:15,142
[Fernando] We are going to be...
946
00:50:16,317 --> 00:50:18,537
for Voyager 2,
we're going to be in the blind.
947
00:50:19,190 --> 00:50:20,234
We think we're ready.
948
00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:23,803
Yeah, everything
seems to be ready and...
949
00:50:25,109 --> 00:50:27,067
double check, triple check,
950
00:50:27,111 --> 00:50:30,114
make sure
that everything is ready to go,
951
00:50:30,157 --> 00:50:32,812
and it seems like--
like that's the case.
952
00:50:33,508 --> 00:50:36,294
There may be some last minute
tests that have to be done,
953
00:50:36,337 --> 00:50:38,818
but for the most part, I think
we're-- we're ready to go.
954
00:50:39,514 --> 00:50:41,255
[Fernando] We have made
the decision.
955
00:50:41,734 --> 00:50:45,216
The, uh, power that we have
provided to the spacecraft
956
00:50:46,217 --> 00:50:49,002
is enough to be able to go--
957
00:50:49,742 --> 00:50:51,526
be on the other side
of the downtime.
958
00:50:52,527 --> 00:50:56,575
But it's still
a 42-year-old spacecraft.
959
00:50:57,228 --> 00:50:58,751
And you're asking it
960
00:50:58,794 --> 00:51:02,233
to become
a 43-year-old spacecraft.
961
00:51:03,625 --> 00:51:05,497
We don't know
what's in store for us.
962
00:51:05,540 --> 00:51:09,588
[electronic music playing]
963
00:51:26,996 --> 00:51:28,824
[Lu] Today
is a special event.
964
00:51:28,868 --> 00:51:31,871
If we're not ready,
we cannot let it go down.
965
00:51:33,394 --> 00:51:34,656
We're under a lot of stress.
966
00:51:36,658 --> 00:51:38,660
There are
a lot of uncertainties.
967
00:51:38,704 --> 00:51:40,662
This is the challenge
of this job.
968
00:51:41,185 --> 00:51:44,101
Though, I don't understand
myself why I'm so into it.
969
00:51:44,144 --> 00:51:45,841
[laughs]
970
00:51:45,885 --> 00:51:48,192
Just kind of feeling
you're responsible for it.
971
00:51:52,544 --> 00:51:55,503
We're going to be doing
a rotation
972
00:51:55,547 --> 00:51:57,810
of the spacecraft
around the Earth line.
973
00:51:58,463 --> 00:51:59,681
It's called a mag-roll.
974
00:52:00,856 --> 00:52:03,555
[Suzy] A magnetometer roll
is a calibration we do
975
00:52:03,598 --> 00:52:05,470
for the magnetometer
instrument.
976
00:52:07,689 --> 00:52:11,737
And what we do is maneuver
the spacecraft in, uh, 360°.
977
00:52:14,305 --> 00:52:16,742
[Fernando] The rotation
of the whole spacecraft
978
00:52:16,785 --> 00:52:19,005
is guided by the gyroscope.
979
00:52:20,006 --> 00:52:22,443
The gyros consume
a certain amount of power,
980
00:52:22,487 --> 00:52:24,402
which is 14.4 watts.
981
00:52:24,445 --> 00:52:26,926
The-- the spacecraft
doesn't have that kind of power,
982
00:52:26,969 --> 00:52:31,148
so what we do
is we turn a heater,
983
00:52:31,191 --> 00:52:32,410
we turn it off,
984
00:52:33,411 --> 00:52:35,500
and that gives us 24 watts.
985
00:52:36,588 --> 00:52:38,067
And then we turn,
986
00:52:38,111 --> 00:52:40,635
almost instantaneously,
the gyros on.
987
00:52:42,681 --> 00:52:44,987
[Suzy] Sweeps 360°,
988
00:52:45,031 --> 00:52:47,642
gets the magnetic field
in all directions,
989
00:52:47,686 --> 00:52:50,167
and it uses that
to calibrate the instruments
990
00:52:50,210 --> 00:52:52,299
and keep them operating
properly.
991
00:52:53,474 --> 00:52:56,390
After the whole thing,
then we reverse everything
992
00:52:57,609 --> 00:52:59,306
back to what it used to be.
993
00:53:00,612 --> 00:53:03,615
We're expecting to have
a very good mag-roll.
994
00:53:03,658 --> 00:53:07,706
[computer beeping]
995
00:53:12,972 --> 00:53:14,495
[interviewer]
996
00:53:14,539 --> 00:53:16,628
[Fernando]
If something stops working,
997
00:53:16,671 --> 00:53:20,109
immediately,
the power will let us know
998
00:53:20,153 --> 00:53:22,677
that there is something funny.
999
00:53:22,721 --> 00:53:24,462
But that's never been the case.
1000
00:53:25,332 --> 00:53:28,596
And hopefully
won't happen today.
1001
00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:33,471
-4-3 Voyager ace.
-[man on phone] 4-3.
1002
00:53:34,036 --> 00:53:37,997
Yeah, I would like to give you
a briefing about the mag-roll.
1003
00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:39,477
I'm ready.
1004
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:42,001
We're expecting
variations in downing.
1005
00:53:42,044 --> 00:53:46,310
Please disable con-scan
at 0230
1006
00:53:46,788 --> 00:53:51,358
and con-scan enable
at 0320.
1007
00:53:52,403 --> 00:53:54,143
Okay, copy that, so, uh,
1008
00:53:54,187 --> 00:53:56,668
[indistinct] fluctuations, uh,
1009
00:53:56,711 --> 00:53:58,365
from 023A.
1010
00:53:58,409 --> 00:54:02,064
Uh, con-scan disable 0230,
1011
00:54:02,108 --> 00:54:06,025
and re-enable at 0320.
1012
00:54:06,982 --> 00:54:08,070
That is affirm.
1013
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:12,249
Okay,
so things are happening.
1014
00:54:17,689 --> 00:54:21,345
The green one
is the roll gyro position
1015
00:54:21,388 --> 00:54:24,783
and that one will tell us
when we start rolling.
1016
00:54:24,826 --> 00:54:27,829
And that will be
a little bit delayed from--
1017
00:54:27,873 --> 00:54:29,657
from what, uh,
1018
00:54:29,701 --> 00:54:31,180
what we see
from the station
1019
00:54:31,224 --> 00:54:33,226
because we have
that five to six minutes
1020
00:54:33,270 --> 00:54:35,315
and I always put a timer
1021
00:54:35,359 --> 00:54:38,057
to start looking
for this type of signals.
1022
00:54:38,100 --> 00:54:41,887
[suspenseful music]
1023
00:54:54,943 --> 00:54:56,684
[watch beeping]
1024
00:55:09,915 --> 00:55:11,308
Data control,
1025
00:55:11,351 --> 00:55:13,092
Voyager ace
on mic on one.
1026
00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:17,705
[man on phone]
Voyager ace to control.
1027
00:55:18,271 --> 00:55:22,014
Yes, I did-- I do have
a, uh, dropout in telemetry.
1028
00:55:22,057 --> 00:55:23,798
I was just wondering
1029
00:55:23,842 --> 00:55:29,500
if that was between
the change from 35 to TSB2.
1030
00:55:29,543 --> 00:55:32,024
[music intensifies]
1031
00:55:33,634 --> 00:55:35,070
[man] Yes.
1032
00:55:35,114 --> 00:55:35,984
[Fernando]
Copy that. Thank you.
1033
00:55:38,247 --> 00:55:39,336
Okay.
1034
00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:42,077
So, could we turn this off?
1035
00:55:44,036 --> 00:55:48,432
[projector whirring]
1036
00:55:53,567 --> 00:55:55,395
When you look things
in retrospect,
1037
00:55:55,439 --> 00:55:58,398
then you start appreciating
the opportunities
1038
00:55:58,442 --> 00:56:00,182
that life gave you,
1039
00:56:00,226 --> 00:56:02,402
that at the time,
you don't really understand
1040
00:56:02,446 --> 00:56:04,796
and you don't know
what-- what's going to happen.
1041
00:56:04,839 --> 00:56:07,407
[gentle music]
1042
00:56:10,845 --> 00:56:13,021
I grew up
in Bogotá, Colombia.
1043
00:56:14,936 --> 00:56:16,460
My ex-father-in-law,
1044
00:56:16,503 --> 00:56:19,463
I met him in 1973.
1045
00:56:19,506 --> 00:56:21,421
I was, uh, 16 years old.
1046
00:56:21,465 --> 00:56:25,207
At that time, he was already
a well-established painter.
1047
00:56:26,470 --> 00:56:28,123
Armando Villegas.
1048
00:56:29,777 --> 00:56:33,346
He opened my eyes
to the art of fine art.
1049
00:56:38,177 --> 00:56:41,006
It became
a big part of my life.
1050
00:56:41,049 --> 00:56:44,792
♪
1051
00:56:52,844 --> 00:56:54,933
But I knew, as a child,
1052
00:56:54,976 --> 00:56:57,849
that I wanted to be
an aerospace engineer.
1053
00:56:58,850 --> 00:57:02,462
The Moon landing was the major--
major thing for me.
1054
00:57:02,506 --> 00:57:05,204
[indistinct chatter]
1055
00:57:05,247 --> 00:57:07,946
[man 1]
... command override off.
1056
00:57:07,989 --> 00:57:09,513
[man 2]
Copy it down, Eagle.
1057
00:57:11,471 --> 00:57:15,475
[announcer speaking Spanish]
1058
00:57:17,738 --> 00:57:18,957
[Fernando]
Looking at the Moon,
1059
00:57:20,001 --> 00:57:22,351
there were people
on the Moon.
1060
00:57:22,395 --> 00:57:25,442
[faint chatter in Spanish]
1061
00:57:27,835 --> 00:57:29,837
It was unbelievable,
1062
00:57:31,056 --> 00:57:33,014
and so inspiring.
1063
00:57:35,234 --> 00:57:38,106
I decided I want to be
in the space program.
1064
00:57:41,936 --> 00:57:43,590
But being in Colombia,
1065
00:57:44,417 --> 00:57:47,246
there was nothing,
no space program.
1066
00:57:48,987 --> 00:57:50,771
So, I had no choice.
1067
00:57:50,815 --> 00:57:54,035
I said, "Okay, I'm going to come
to the United States."
1068
00:57:55,123 --> 00:57:56,821
I knew that probably
1069
00:57:56,864 --> 00:57:59,301
I would never go back
to Colombia.
1070
00:58:00,955 --> 00:58:02,783
Saying goodbye
to my family...
1071
00:58:04,742 --> 00:58:05,960
that was not easy.
1072
00:58:07,614 --> 00:58:10,748
I never saw my father cry.
1073
00:58:10,791 --> 00:58:14,142
[somber piano music]
1074
00:58:14,186 --> 00:58:18,059
So, the only time
that I saw my father cry was,
1075
00:58:18,103 --> 00:58:19,626
um, the night before.
1076
00:58:20,714 --> 00:58:22,890
And we were saying goodbye.
1077
00:58:25,110 --> 00:58:27,068
And we embraced,
1078
00:58:27,112 --> 00:58:30,071
and, uh, that was the very first
time that I saw my dad crying.
1079
00:58:32,247 --> 00:58:35,033
It's beautiful to remember that,
you know?
1080
00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:37,426
Seeing that kind of emotion
1081
00:58:37,470 --> 00:58:40,995
coming out of your--
your father that never cried.
1082
00:58:41,822 --> 00:58:45,696
So, it wasn't easy,
but, uh, I was ready.
1083
00:58:49,351 --> 00:58:52,485
I came here June 11, 1991.
1084
00:58:53,617 --> 00:58:56,620
I had no prospects
of a job
1085
00:58:57,403 --> 00:58:59,274
and I was the sole provider.
1086
00:59:00,928 --> 00:59:02,539
It was very difficult.
1087
00:59:03,714 --> 00:59:06,586
I was able
to ask for a hamburger.
1088
00:59:07,108 --> 00:59:09,023
I had that much English.
1089
00:59:09,937 --> 00:59:12,418
And I had to work
in construction.
1090
00:59:12,461 --> 00:59:13,767
Actually,
it was not construction,
1091
00:59:13,811 --> 00:59:14,899
it was destruction.
1092
00:59:14,942 --> 00:59:17,641
[machine rumbling]
1093
00:59:17,684 --> 00:59:19,164
[glass shattering]
1094
00:59:19,207 --> 00:59:20,644
I didn't have
the proper gear.
1095
00:59:21,645 --> 00:59:23,255
I was eating dust.
1096
00:59:24,430 --> 00:59:26,867
And one day,
one of those heavy doors
1097
00:59:26,911 --> 00:59:28,608
landed on my foot.
1098
00:59:28,652 --> 00:59:31,568
-[siren wails]
-I could barely walk.
1099
00:59:32,830 --> 00:59:35,267
But, regardless
of the challenges,
1100
00:59:35,310 --> 00:59:37,051
I was happy.
1101
00:59:37,095 --> 00:59:39,445
I knew that I was on my way
to something better.
1102
00:59:40,794 --> 00:59:43,057
I got into
the University of Texas
1103
00:59:43,101 --> 00:59:45,277
for aerospace engineering.
1104
00:59:46,887 --> 00:59:50,195
Later, I came to JPL
asking for advice.
1105
00:59:51,544 --> 00:59:54,155
I came asking for advice,
1106
00:59:54,199 --> 00:59:57,506
and at the end he said
it was a really nice interview.
1107
00:59:59,813 --> 01:00:00,901
I couldn't believe it.
1108
01:00:02,076 --> 01:00:03,251
A couple of years later,
1109
01:00:04,209 --> 01:00:05,427
after graduation,
1110
01:00:06,472 --> 01:00:09,606
in May 16, 1998,
1111
01:00:10,868 --> 01:00:13,087
that's when I began
to work at JPL.
1112
01:00:28,494 --> 01:00:29,582
[man on phone]
Voyager ace, 4-3.
1113
01:00:30,757 --> 01:00:32,716
[Fernando] 4-3, Voyager ace.
1114
01:00:32,759 --> 01:00:35,240
[man] Uh, yeah, we just
had a telemetry countage.
1115
01:00:35,283 --> 01:00:36,589
Uh, would you like
the [indistinct]?
1116
01:00:37,198 --> 01:00:39,374
Uh, copy that,
no, I got it as well.
1117
01:00:39,418 --> 01:00:40,506
Thank you.
1118
01:00:40,549 --> 01:00:44,597
[ominous music]
1119
01:00:57,566 --> 01:01:00,265
And, uh, probably
we need to turn cameras off.
1120
01:01:00,308 --> 01:01:02,136
I need to go
and consult with--
1121
01:01:11,232 --> 01:01:13,931
[wind howling]
1122
01:01:26,421 --> 01:01:28,119
[Suzy] So, that's it.
1123
01:01:28,162 --> 01:01:29,903
So, I might want to check
on my phone throughout.
1124
01:01:29,947 --> 01:01:31,557
You're gonna have me sit down.
Is that the idea?
1125
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:33,385
-[interviewer] Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah, okay.
1126
01:01:33,428 --> 01:01:35,213
So, I can hide-- I can hide
my phone in my pocket.
1127
01:01:35,256 --> 01:01:36,693
-[interviewer] Yes.
-[Suzy] Okay.
1128
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,701
[interviewer]
1129
01:01:44,744 --> 01:01:45,789
No.
1130
01:01:52,491 --> 01:01:53,666
You know, basically...
1131
01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:56,800
it didn't go
quite as we wanted it to.
1132
01:01:56,843 --> 01:01:59,716
So, we're working through
what it-- what did happen
1133
01:01:59,759 --> 01:02:02,153
and that's about as much as
I can tell you right now.
1134
01:02:06,418 --> 01:02:07,506
Correct.
1135
01:02:10,161 --> 01:02:11,815
That's, uh, to be determined.
1136
01:02:14,034 --> 01:02:15,949
We have to make sure
that Voyager 2 is okay
1137
01:02:15,993 --> 01:02:17,298
before we take
the antenna down.
1138
01:02:26,003 --> 01:02:27,787
[man on phone] Hello?
1139
01:02:27,831 --> 01:02:29,746
[Fernando on phone]
It's been really wild.
1140
01:02:29,789 --> 01:02:36,317
Um, basically, the mag-roll
did not ex-- well...
1141
01:02:37,623 --> 01:02:39,364
Certain things happened,
1142
01:02:39,407 --> 01:02:41,409
unusual things happened
during the mag-roll
1143
01:02:41,453 --> 01:02:42,976
that should have not happened.
1144
01:02:43,020 --> 01:02:45,326
Still,
I mean, we do not know--
1145
01:02:45,370 --> 01:02:49,635
we don't know everything,
so we're working overtime.
1146
01:02:49,678 --> 01:02:51,637
Everybody's working overtime.
1147
01:02:55,989 --> 01:02:59,210
[calm music]
1148
01:03:02,866 --> 01:03:04,737
[John] If you're driving a car
down the street
1149
01:03:04,781 --> 01:03:07,522
and the light changes red,
you step on the brake,
1150
01:03:07,566 --> 01:03:09,176
and in three-tenths
of a second,
1151
01:03:09,220 --> 01:03:10,961
the pedal is depressed
and you're stopping.
1152
01:03:11,962 --> 01:03:14,573
That's because you saw the light
change red right away.
1153
01:03:17,881 --> 01:03:20,840
If you're on a spacecraft
and something goes wrong,
1154
01:03:21,362 --> 01:03:23,103
we don't know about that
1155
01:03:23,147 --> 01:03:25,105
until the radio signal
that detected the problem
1156
01:03:25,149 --> 01:03:26,977
gets transmitted
back to the Earth.
1157
01:03:27,020 --> 01:03:28,805
Which can take hours.
1158
01:03:32,896 --> 01:03:35,159
And then you figure out
what happened on the Earth
1159
01:03:35,202 --> 01:03:36,421
and do something.
1160
01:03:45,865 --> 01:03:48,694
But engineers
are problem solvers,
1161
01:03:48,737 --> 01:03:50,783
that's what they wanna do,
they want to solve problems.
1162
01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:53,655
The tougher the problem,
the more they like it.
1163
01:04:02,447 --> 01:04:04,405
[Fernando on phone]
We're trying to recover
1164
01:04:04,449 --> 01:04:06,059
one step at a time.
1165
01:04:06,103 --> 01:04:08,801
This has been the craziest.
1166
01:04:08,845 --> 01:04:10,847
I mean, we've had scares,
1167
01:04:10,890 --> 01:04:14,154
we have things
that we have to react,
1168
01:04:14,198 --> 01:04:15,895
but very quickly, I mean,
1169
01:04:15,939 --> 01:04:18,158
nothing that has lasted
this long.
1170
01:04:18,202 --> 01:04:19,986
And we-- we don't know
what's going to happen.
1171
01:04:30,083 --> 01:04:32,129
[Sun over phone]
1172
01:04:59,808 --> 01:05:01,071
[Fernando]
With the heaters off,
1173
01:05:01,114 --> 01:05:03,290
it's a race against time.
1174
01:05:03,943 --> 01:05:05,379
If the hydrogen freezes,
1175
01:05:05,423 --> 01:05:07,468
then the spacecraft
starts stumbling
1176
01:05:08,252 --> 01:05:10,428
and, uh, we lose
the spacecraft forever.
1177
01:05:11,646 --> 01:05:13,910
It's a challenge
on top of a challenge
1178
01:05:13,953 --> 01:05:15,433
because with Voyager 2,
1179
01:05:16,347 --> 01:05:18,915
the command frequency
changes with temperature.
1180
01:05:19,916 --> 01:05:22,831
Since the spacecraft temperature
is going down,
1181
01:05:22,875 --> 01:05:25,356
we had to figure out
the right frequency.
1182
01:05:26,705 --> 01:05:30,448
But you don't know how fast
the temperature is changing.
1183
01:05:30,970 --> 01:05:33,364
We have to make
the best guess we can.
1184
01:05:35,757 --> 01:05:36,845
It's very stressful.
1185
01:05:37,324 --> 01:05:38,499
The time is critical.
1186
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:43,983
Finally,
we sent a command.
1187
01:05:48,118 --> 01:05:51,773
Turn gyros off
and heaters back on.
1188
01:05:53,688 --> 01:05:57,518
We were crossing our fingers,
uh, hoping for the best.
1189
01:05:58,955 --> 01:06:00,695
Everybody's
looking at the monitors
1190
01:06:00,739 --> 01:06:02,436
waiting for the signal.
1191
01:06:03,481 --> 01:06:05,004
It took 35 hours.
1192
01:06:06,049 --> 01:06:08,921
But finally it said
that the commands were received
1193
01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:10,009
by the spacecraft.
1194
01:06:17,669 --> 01:06:20,150
It was just amazing.
I mean, it's just beautiful.
1195
01:06:22,108 --> 01:06:24,893
Phew,
the relief that you feel
1196
01:06:24,937 --> 01:06:26,504
to see that,
1197
01:06:26,547 --> 01:06:31,161
"Okay, we were able to save
the spacecraft.
1198
01:06:41,562 --> 01:06:46,132
We were just about
to put the spacecraft
1199
01:06:46,176 --> 01:06:49,266
back into its normal
configuration
1200
01:06:49,309 --> 01:06:50,745
in terms of temperature.
1201
01:06:51,833 --> 01:06:53,400
All of a sudden,
they just said,
1202
01:06:53,444 --> 01:06:58,840
"Okay, grab everything
and go home."
1203
01:06:58,884 --> 01:07:00,494
[Lester Holt] New alarm bells
ringing tonight
1204
01:07:00,538 --> 01:07:02,148
on the Coronavirus outbreak...
1205
01:07:02,192 --> 01:07:03,802
[reporter 1]
The Governor of Washington
1206
01:07:03,845 --> 01:07:04,977
declaring
a state of emergency.
1207
01:07:05,021 --> 01:07:06,935
[overlapping news reports]
1208
01:07:06,979 --> 01:07:08,589
[reporter 2] Tens of millions
of us work from home
1209
01:07:08,633 --> 01:07:10,504
while offices
sit largely empty
1210
01:07:10,548 --> 01:07:12,115
from California
to Connecticut...
1211
01:07:15,205 --> 01:07:18,991
[crows cawing]
1212
01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:22,560
[man over computer]
I've got this thing
1213
01:07:22,603 --> 01:07:24,170
that says "an installer"
1214
01:07:24,214 --> 01:07:25,954
and it says,
"Do you want to move
1215
01:07:25,998 --> 01:07:29,132
the Zoom installer
to the trash?"
1216
01:07:29,175 --> 01:07:31,917
Okay,
Beth has the thing installing.
1217
01:07:31,960 --> 01:07:34,920
Hey,
succeeded in installation.
1218
01:07:34,963 --> 01:07:36,574
[man 2]
Hey, I see you.
1219
01:07:36,617 --> 01:07:38,576
There. Hi!
1220
01:07:38,619 --> 01:07:41,057
[chuckles] We did it.
1221
01:07:42,667 --> 01:07:45,061
I can go have a drink.
[chuckles]
1222
01:07:45,539 --> 01:07:46,975
It was simple.
1223
01:07:47,019 --> 01:07:50,370
Okay.
Can you hear me okay now?
1224
01:07:50,414 --> 01:07:52,068
Yeah, I don't know
what's going on with the mic.
1225
01:07:52,111 --> 01:07:53,895
For some reason
it didn't, uh--
1226
01:07:53,939 --> 01:07:55,680
I couldn't hear you
and you couldn't hear me.
1227
01:07:55,723 --> 01:07:57,899
-Sorry.
-[interviewer] No, that's fine.
1228
01:07:58,378 --> 01:08:01,425
Minky!
My wife is coming for the cat.
1229
01:08:01,468 --> 01:08:03,166
Basically,
I had about a day notice.
1230
01:08:03,209 --> 01:08:06,299
So, I grabbed my laptop
on the night of March 16th
1231
01:08:06,343 --> 01:08:08,127
and headed home
1232
01:08:08,171 --> 01:08:10,390
and have not been back
to the Voyager area since.
1233
01:08:10,434 --> 01:08:13,480
So, it was like,
boom, the hammer came down.
1234
01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:19,398
We had this anomaly
January 25th,
1235
01:08:19,443 --> 01:08:21,487
the antenna
was actually supposed to go down
1236
01:08:21,532 --> 01:08:22,663
February 5th.
1237
01:08:23,664 --> 01:08:25,666
NASA got involved and said,
1238
01:08:25,710 --> 01:08:27,711
"You need to demonstrate
1239
01:08:27,755 --> 01:08:30,496
that Voyager 2
is ready for this downtime
1240
01:08:30,541 --> 01:08:32,934
or we won't allow
the antenna to go down."
1241
01:08:36,199 --> 01:08:39,027
Everybody agreed that
the Voyager spacecraft was safe
1242
01:08:39,071 --> 01:08:42,074
and it was the right thing to do
to take the antenna down.
1243
01:08:49,429 --> 01:08:51,648
They started that work
March 9th.
1244
01:08:58,134 --> 01:09:01,353
[reporter] Deep Space Station 43
is in pieces,
1245
01:09:01,398 --> 01:09:04,531
undergoing major surgery
to become a better communicator.
1246
01:09:06,751 --> 01:09:09,841
It'll take many months
and a few nervous moments.
1247
01:09:15,412 --> 01:09:18,154
They started it
March 9th and, uh,
1248
01:09:18,197 --> 01:09:21,374
we all went into COVID,
you know, a week later.
1249
01:09:27,511 --> 01:09:31,514
It is-- it--
daunting and scary.
1250
01:09:31,993 --> 01:09:34,952
People-- people are wondering
when it's all gonna end.
1251
01:09:35,910 --> 01:09:37,260
Not a very happy environment.
1252
01:09:38,217 --> 01:09:39,653
There's a lot of effort
1253
01:09:40,437 --> 01:09:42,874
required to do this right.
1254
01:09:42,916 --> 01:09:45,310
And, of course,
we don't want to mess it up.
1255
01:09:46,050 --> 01:09:48,358
So, we're--
we're very deliberate,
1256
01:09:48,923 --> 01:09:50,837
making sure
that we don't do, uh...
1257
01:09:51,883 --> 01:09:52,970
anything stupid.
1258
01:09:54,190 --> 01:09:58,193
[electronic music]
1259
01:10:11,119 --> 01:10:12,512
[John] You just
have to figure out
1260
01:10:12,556 --> 01:10:13,948
everything
that has to work right
1261
01:10:13,992 --> 01:10:15,123
for it not to fail.
1262
01:10:16,473 --> 01:10:18,475
And then you have to do
every one of those things
1263
01:10:18,518 --> 01:10:19,998
and you have to do
every them--
1264
01:10:20,041 --> 01:10:21,608
each--
every one of them correctly,
1265
01:10:21,652 --> 01:10:23,088
and if you can figure out
all the things
1266
01:10:23,130 --> 01:10:24,785
that you need to do
1267
01:10:24,829 --> 01:10:26,439
and do them all right,
you're-- you're fine.
1268
01:10:30,094 --> 01:10:31,749
[Suzy] We may get a chance
to actually test
1269
01:10:31,791 --> 01:10:34,795
the uplink capability
here in October.
1270
01:10:35,405 --> 01:10:37,581
Doesn't mean that
the antenna would be online,
1271
01:10:37,624 --> 01:10:39,191
but if we can at least
1272
01:10:39,235 --> 01:10:41,585
do a test
with Voyager in October
1273
01:10:41,628 --> 01:10:43,630
to say we can send
a command to it,
1274
01:10:43,674 --> 01:10:45,763
then we know
that we're out of the woods
1275
01:10:45,806 --> 01:10:48,112
as far as being able
to command the spacecraft.
1276
01:10:50,333 --> 01:10:52,987
[Fernando] That is the plan.
But, uh, who knows?
1277
01:10:53,031 --> 01:10:55,816
I mean, you're talking about
mid-'70s technology.
1278
01:10:56,295 --> 01:10:58,210
The future is not certain.
1279
01:10:58,862 --> 01:11:05,130
♪
1280
01:11:26,499 --> 01:11:30,242
[Andrea] I'm the only one here
team-wise.
1281
01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:32,026
The rest of the people
that are here right now
1282
01:11:32,070 --> 01:11:33,201
are our movers.
1283
01:11:35,726 --> 01:11:38,728
I'll show you what the
conference room looks like.
1284
01:11:38,772 --> 01:11:41,340
Because we've got
essential products
1285
01:11:41,384 --> 01:11:43,037
and boxes all packed up
in there,
1286
01:11:43,081 --> 01:11:44,778
there's nothing
on the walls anymore.
1287
01:11:44,822 --> 01:11:47,346
Remember all our awards?
1288
01:11:47,389 --> 01:11:49,870
Big trash bins everywhere.
1289
01:11:52,264 --> 01:11:54,222
[birds chirping]
1290
01:11:58,879 --> 01:12:01,491
I thought
that we were very well-prepared
1291
01:12:01,534 --> 01:12:04,407
for the downtime.
1292
01:12:04,450 --> 01:12:06,757
But we had to tweak things
1293
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:09,020
more than we would have
1294
01:12:09,063 --> 01:12:11,109
since we were moving
the facilities.
1295
01:12:16,941 --> 01:12:18,334
[Andrea]
NASA made the room for us
1296
01:12:18,377 --> 01:12:20,031
to go back
over to the laboratory.
1297
01:12:21,772 --> 01:12:25,471
We had a lot of things to move,
a lot of things to pack.
1298
01:12:25,514 --> 01:12:28,344
We've been there for like,
uh, gosh, close to 20 years.
1299
01:12:30,955 --> 01:12:32,826
[Suzy] It's more
than just taking your plant
1300
01:12:32,870 --> 01:12:34,741
from one office
to the other office.
1301
01:12:35,351 --> 01:12:38,266
It was all the operations
hardware got moved,
1302
01:12:38,309 --> 01:12:40,746
got upgraded
because it's old,
1303
01:12:40,791 --> 01:12:42,923
so we had to change
operating systems.
1304
01:12:43,489 --> 01:12:44,925
We had some nightmares
1305
01:12:44,969 --> 01:12:48,625
where some
low-level engineer
1306
01:12:48,668 --> 01:12:51,367
was told
to take the network down
1307
01:12:51,410 --> 01:12:55,414
and the whole command system
that Voyager uses
1308
01:12:55,458 --> 01:12:58,591
was offline and damaged,
1309
01:12:58,635 --> 01:13:01,246
and it's a bit of
the low-tech things
1310
01:13:01,289 --> 01:13:03,030
that, uh, can kill a mission.
1311
01:13:04,989 --> 01:13:06,251
[Enrique]
We struggle, you know?
1312
01:13:06,817 --> 01:13:09,950
Different environment,
version machines,
1313
01:13:10,690 --> 01:13:14,041
but in all the adjustments,
the new computers,
1314
01:13:14,085 --> 01:13:17,915
the new ways of doing things,
that keeps me going.
1315
01:13:20,004 --> 01:13:21,092
As you know...
1316
01:13:22,309 --> 01:13:24,225
tragedy in the family
happened and...
1317
01:13:25,313 --> 01:13:28,404
right in the middle
of, uh, the pandemic.
1318
01:13:33,931 --> 01:13:35,411
[Enrique over phone]
She always had issues
1319
01:13:35,454 --> 01:13:38,501
with high blood pressure.
1320
01:13:38,544 --> 01:13:42,243
When I got home around 6:00,
I asked my son,
1321
01:13:42,287 --> 01:13:44,463
"Where's your mom?"
1322
01:13:44,507 --> 01:13:47,466
He says, "Well, sh--
she should be at the office."
1323
01:13:47,510 --> 01:13:49,380
So, I called her office,
nothing.
1324
01:13:49,425 --> 01:13:53,298
I asked my son,
"Can you go check on her?"
1325
01:13:53,341 --> 01:13:55,735
And he went
and checked on her
1326
01:13:55,779 --> 01:13:58,825
and he found her
on the floor.
1327
01:13:58,869 --> 01:14:02,612
She had
some kind of aneurysm.
1328
01:14:02,655 --> 01:14:05,092
It was not possible
to operate.
1329
01:14:06,050 --> 01:14:07,573
But, uh,
1330
01:14:07,617 --> 01:14:11,098
we kept fighting
for 17 days and...
1331
01:14:11,142 --> 01:14:13,449
and that's when she passed away,
on February 2nd.
1332
01:14:16,843 --> 01:14:19,019
50-plus years together...
1333
01:14:20,412 --> 01:14:21,457
uh...
1334
01:14:22,545 --> 01:14:23,589
yeah.
1335
01:14:28,986 --> 01:14:32,684
I lost a lot of weight,
about 17 pounds.
1336
01:14:33,251 --> 01:14:36,384
But, uh,
work keeps me busy.
1337
01:14:36,428 --> 01:14:37,473
Uh...
1338
01:14:39,562 --> 01:14:40,780
I always love Voyager.
1339
01:14:45,785 --> 01:14:49,049
It makes me feel
that I'm needed someplace.
1340
01:14:50,660 --> 01:14:54,490
That I have the expertise
to take Voyager,
1341
01:14:54,532 --> 01:14:56,840
uh, past 2025.
1342
01:14:58,102 --> 01:14:59,277
Maybe longer.
1343
01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:04,369
♪
1344
01:15:09,896 --> 01:15:12,856
[Fernando] We did have
an initial test last night.
1345
01:15:13,596 --> 01:15:16,163
We expect it
to be successful
1346
01:15:16,207 --> 01:15:20,254
and hopefully everything
will go back to normal
1347
01:15:20,298 --> 01:15:21,429
beginning of next year.
1348
01:15:25,869 --> 01:15:27,348
As time progresses,
1349
01:15:27,392 --> 01:15:30,047
we're going to do
less and less.
1350
01:15:31,396 --> 01:15:34,181
Some would say that there are
only eight more commands
1351
01:15:34,704 --> 01:15:36,401
we have to issue
on Voyager.
1352
01:15:37,358 --> 01:15:41,362
And those are the ones
that gradually turn down
1353
01:15:41,406 --> 01:15:43,016
the power consumption
1354
01:15:43,059 --> 01:15:44,931
until we're to the point
1355
01:15:44,975 --> 01:15:48,282
where we're sitting
at 202 watts
1356
01:15:48,326 --> 01:15:50,633
and we can't go
any lower.
1357
01:15:51,111 --> 01:15:52,635
The end is coming.
1358
01:15:53,809 --> 01:15:55,550
And the end
may take ten years.
1359
01:15:56,639 --> 01:15:58,291
It may take two years,
1360
01:15:58,335 --> 01:16:01,557
we don't really know,
but, um, it's coming.
1361
01:16:03,036 --> 01:16:06,126
We're gonna come into the office
one day,
1362
01:16:06,170 --> 01:16:08,737
expect to see data
from this pass,
1363
01:16:08,781 --> 01:16:09,869
and we won't see it.
1364
01:16:11,392 --> 01:16:14,700
And then we'll try
1365
01:16:14,744 --> 01:16:17,485
and get some other antennas
and maybe more antennas.
1366
01:16:18,748 --> 01:16:21,184
Try and really see
if we can find a signal.
1367
01:16:21,838 --> 01:16:25,362
And after a week,
after a month,
1368
01:16:25,929 --> 01:16:27,844
after three months
of looking for it...
1369
01:16:30,673 --> 01:16:32,109
if we still
don't hear anything...
1370
01:16:38,289 --> 01:16:42,335
we will declare
the mission over.
1371
01:16:42,380 --> 01:16:45,165
[announcer] And so,
billions of miles from Earth,
1372
01:16:45,209 --> 01:16:47,514
the spacecraft,
its instruments dead,
1373
01:16:47,559 --> 01:16:49,300
its mission fulfilled,
1374
01:16:49,343 --> 01:16:51,824
may end up in orbit
about some distant star.
1375
01:17:12,671 --> 01:17:15,152
So, one of the--
one of the things that, uh,
1376
01:17:15,195 --> 01:17:16,849
strikes me, uh,
1377
01:17:16,893 --> 01:17:19,243
when I think about Voyager
in the early days,
1378
01:17:20,331 --> 01:17:23,160
there was a time
when I was a kid...
1379
01:17:24,552 --> 01:17:26,684
and I had a role
1380
01:17:26,728 --> 01:17:31,603
in doing something for the very,
very, very first time.
1381
01:17:31,647 --> 01:17:34,344
[reporter] Voyager is now
on a 105-mile high
1382
01:17:34,388 --> 01:17:35,999
parking orbit.
1383
01:17:36,041 --> 01:17:37,348
Heading down
over the South Atlantic
1384
01:17:37,391 --> 01:17:38,871
on a trajectory which will...
1385
01:17:38,915 --> 01:17:41,568
As we get
to the end of the mission,
1386
01:17:41,612 --> 01:17:43,659
it becomes-- it's special
1387
01:17:43,702 --> 01:17:45,398
because it's going to be
the last day.
1388
01:17:53,407 --> 01:17:55,409
[sniffling]
1389
01:18:01,198 --> 01:18:03,983
I'm sort of
looking back...
1390
01:18:05,637 --> 01:18:08,596
describing how...
1391
01:18:09,989 --> 01:18:11,991
it feels
to fly something that's...
1392
01:18:13,427 --> 01:18:17,170
at the time,
only a couple of years old,
1393
01:18:18,258 --> 01:18:20,391
but in the end,
1394
01:18:21,392 --> 01:18:22,915
would be 50 years old.
1395
01:18:26,005 --> 01:18:27,180
And...
1396
01:18:29,139 --> 01:18:31,097
what it means
to lose them.
1397
01:18:37,234 --> 01:18:40,541
There are things
that are left behind
1398
01:18:41,891 --> 01:18:45,721
that are sort of the residue
of the work we do.
1399
01:18:46,764 --> 01:18:48,375
The good friends we had.
1400
01:18:49,202 --> 01:18:51,248
The people
who worked on Voyager,
1401
01:18:52,335 --> 01:18:55,556
all 1,200 of them...
1402
01:18:59,691 --> 01:19:00,952
mostly gone.
1403
01:19:12,530 --> 01:19:14,314
[Suzy] Well, it's sad
because the mission's ending,
1404
01:19:14,358 --> 01:19:16,012
so you're not gonna get
the science back,
1405
01:19:16,055 --> 01:19:18,710
but I think it's more related
to the people.
1406
01:19:20,190 --> 01:19:23,454
The people will disperse,
you won't see them as much.
1407
01:19:24,411 --> 01:19:25,804
It'll be difficult
for the people
1408
01:19:25,848 --> 01:19:27,414
who are still working
on the project.
1409
01:19:28,675 --> 01:19:30,591
Many of them have worked
on the project,
1410
01:19:30,635 --> 01:19:33,898
if not from launch,
then shortly after launch.
1411
01:19:33,943 --> 01:19:37,990
So, they've put
their whole career on Voyager,
1412
01:19:38,034 --> 01:19:40,123
and so to have
Voyager end will be--
1413
01:19:40,166 --> 01:19:41,689
it'll be very difficult.
1414
01:19:45,563 --> 01:19:47,434
I know it--
the day is gonna come.
1415
01:19:48,174 --> 01:19:50,960
This is like when you see
your children grow up
1416
01:19:51,003 --> 01:19:52,831
and you kind of--
you're sad,
1417
01:19:52,875 --> 01:19:55,268
but at the same time,
you kind of feel like, uh,
1418
01:19:55,312 --> 01:19:58,358
wow, you know,
"We accomplished something."
1419
01:20:00,534 --> 01:20:02,754
When you feel
that you've gone the extra mile,
1420
01:20:02,798 --> 01:20:05,539
then I think
that you can rest and just...
1421
01:20:07,498 --> 01:20:08,585
let it go.
1422
01:20:12,851 --> 01:20:15,332
[Todd] We count every day
as a blessing, but we've--
1423
01:20:15,375 --> 01:20:17,464
we've learned not to bet
against the spacecraft too.
1424
01:20:17,508 --> 01:20:21,032
'Cause it always seems to, uh,
find that resilient energy
1425
01:20:21,077 --> 01:20:22,992
to keep going and-- and, uh,
1426
01:20:23,035 --> 01:20:24,907
a large part of that
is the team,
1427
01:20:24,950 --> 01:20:27,344
the-- the-- the brilliant
engineers and scientists I work
1428
01:20:27,387 --> 01:20:29,302
with that have found ways
to keep it going
1429
01:20:29,346 --> 01:20:32,130
and delivering
top-notch science.
1430
01:20:32,175 --> 01:20:34,873
[reporter] The technology
is something to behold.
1431
01:20:34,916 --> 01:20:36,657
If Las Vegas oddsmakers
1432
01:20:36,701 --> 01:20:38,442
would have had to pay off
the optimists
1433
01:20:38,485 --> 01:20:40,139
that honestly felt as though
1434
01:20:40,183 --> 01:20:43,534
this mission
would be as successful as it is,
1435
01:20:43,577 --> 01:20:46,362
there would be a few rich people
walking around NASA today.
1436
01:20:46,406 --> 01:20:48,234
The fact is,
Voyager beat the odds,
1437
01:20:48,278 --> 01:20:50,019
incredible odds,
1438
01:20:50,062 --> 01:20:51,977
and although in any mission
of this type
1439
01:20:52,021 --> 01:20:53,761
there must be a certain degree
of luck involved,
1440
01:20:53,805 --> 01:20:55,719
the human factor
cannot be underestimated.
1441
01:20:57,200 --> 01:21:00,246
I've only worked
a couple years on Voyager,
1442
01:21:00,290 --> 01:21:01,769
but I-- trying to stand
1443
01:21:01,813 --> 01:21:03,119
on the shoulders
of those giants,
1444
01:21:03,728 --> 01:21:06,339
the people that toiled away
in anonymity
1445
01:21:06,383 --> 01:21:08,341
keeping these--
these two spacecraft alive.
1446
01:21:09,081 --> 01:21:11,475
Just to be considered, uh,
1447
01:21:11,518 --> 01:21:15,696
you know,
a cub scout alongside them.
1448
01:21:15,740 --> 01:21:17,916
Those long term explorers,
I'll take it.
1449
01:21:17,960 --> 01:21:19,744
It's an amazing honor
and privilege.
1450
01:21:21,572 --> 01:21:23,748
The explorers are the Voyagers.
1451
01:21:24,749 --> 01:21:25,880
Not us.
1452
01:21:27,925 --> 01:21:29,275
We're just the drivers.
1453
01:21:37,630 --> 01:21:39,198
It's like Lewis and Clark.
1454
01:21:40,634 --> 01:21:42,027
They were explorers.
1455
01:21:42,071 --> 01:21:44,987
But let's imagine
that they had
1456
01:21:45,030 --> 01:21:46,249
a guardian angel...
1457
01:21:47,511 --> 01:21:48,642
looking after them.
1458
01:21:49,948 --> 01:21:53,559
They were not explorers.
They were just guardian angels.
1459
01:21:54,387 --> 01:21:56,302
[crickets chirping]
1460
01:21:56,346 --> 01:21:59,915
[calm music]
1461
01:22:21,197 --> 01:22:23,460
[beeping]
1462
01:22:24,200 --> 01:22:26,376
[calling tone beeps]
1463
01:22:27,986 --> 01:22:31,207
4-3 Voyager ace.
1464
01:22:31,250 --> 01:22:32,860
[woman over phone]
Voyager ace,
1465
01:22:32,904 --> 01:22:34,688
station 4-3,
I have you [indistinct].
1466
01:22:35,602 --> 01:22:37,343
I read you the same
1467
01:22:37,387 --> 01:22:41,085
and we have a command uplink
with, uh, Voyager 2.
1468
01:22:41,130 --> 01:22:42,348
And I'm ready to copy.
1469
01:22:42,392 --> 01:22:44,698
Please turn command mode on
1470
01:22:44,742 --> 01:22:48,180
at 194900.
1471
01:22:48,224 --> 01:22:52,271
[intriguing music]
1472
01:23:33,225 --> 01:23:40,145
♪
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