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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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xkcd jokes about Voyager 1's 'laser show' and sound system
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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.”
    — xkcd · source
    • xkcd@mastodon.xyz

      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.

      xkcd@mastodon.xyzMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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    • roytanck@mastodon.online

      I think Voyager 1 is still pretty cool, even without the laser show... 😆

      roytanck@mastodon.onlineMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    • mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

      # xkcd : # VoyagerInstruments https:// xkcd.com/3302/ # Humour # Cartoon

      mkwadee@mastodon.org.ukMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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