▲ 109 ▼ Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening half a century later (spacedaily.com) submitted 5 months ago by inari@piefed.zip to c/space@beehaw.org 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago (2 children) 22W LED bulb? For suntanning? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dionysus@leminal.space 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) The person who wrote this was also as old as the engineers who built Voyager and assume everyone still uses incandescent bulbs. Didn't the Mango Mussolini go on a rant once about LED bulbs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Its actually lower than a lot of LED bulbs. The heaters are what's using most of the power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dionysus@leminal.space 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) The person who wrote this was also as old as the engineers who built Voyager and assume everyone still uses incandescent bulbs. Didn't the Mango Mussolini go on a rant once about LED bulbs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Its actually lower than a lot of LED bulbs. The heaters are what's using most of the power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago Its actually lower than a lot of LED bulbs. The heaters are what's using most of the power. permalink fedilink source parent