xkcd jokes about Voyager 1's 'laser show' and sound system
Webcomic imagines NASA disabled Voyager's instruments as a prank, and no one wants to fix it.
What to know
- xkcd published a humorous comic imagining NASA disabled Voyager 1's instruments as a prank and no one wants to fix them.
- The comic framed the spacecraft's scientific instruments as a "laser show" and "sound system," playing on the absurdity of the premise.
- The joke resonated on social media, accumulating thousands of shares and comments across Bluesky and Mastodon.
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Comic gains significant traction on Bluesky
The xkcd comic was shared on Bluesky, where it accumulated 2,868 likes and 22 comments, indicating broad social media engagement with the joke.
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xkcd publishes "Voyager Instruments" comic
xkcd released comic #3302 titled "Voyager Instruments," a humorous take on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft that imagines its scientific instruments were disabled as a prank and remain off because no one wants to bother fixing them.
“Convincing him to turn off the stupid laser show and useless sound system was such a huge ordeal that no one has wanted to do it again.”
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Convincing him to turn off the stupid laser show and useless sound system was such a huge ordeal that no one has wanted to do it again.
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I think Voyager 1 is still pretty cool, even without the laser show... 😆
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# xkcd : # VoyagerInstruments https:// xkcd.com/3302/ # Humour # Cartoon
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