Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

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Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth due to computer issue | CNN
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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that’s causing a bit of a communication breakdown between the 46-year-old probe and its mission team on Earth.

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When the new intern presses shut down instead of disconnect while connected to the production server

The question then is why the intern has access to the shut down button.

Management got one IT guy managing the whole infrastructure so everyone who needs anything gets domain admin rights

Ah, time to reconfigure the IP address. Just set that, and *click* bring down network port, and *click* bring it up again... *click* ... *click* ... oh.

Based on a true story.

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