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It's Quieter in the Twilight[1] is a 2022 film about associated engineers.

[1] Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJT8AW0wYw , Free with ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIP1p5gAoak

Part of this excellent movie revolved around the months-long shutdown of the 70-meter antenna at the Deep Space Network station in Canberra, Australia. Coincidentally, the new JPL press release about Voyager 1's thrusters also details a new months-long shutdown (May 2025-Feb 2026) of that same antenna for more upgrades. It's the only antenna that can transmit to Voyager 2, which flew south of the ecliptic after its Neptune flyby. The DSN stations in Spain and California can still transmit to Voyager 1, which flew north of the ecliptic after its Saturn flyby. (Todd Barber, quoted in the The Register article and in JPL's press release, appears in the movie.)

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This is hacker news. Fix it.

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On the internet nobody has to know you're in your country.

Obviously ‘they’ do. RIP ‘Inter’net

Thanks for the recommendation! I watched this last night and really enjoyed hearing from the folks keeping it going.

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