NASA lost contact with the interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft for nearly a week after a technical glitch shut off the probe's main transmitter. Using Voyager's weaker backup transmitter, engineers are assessing the problem from 15 billion miles away.
  • BakerBagel
    22·
    2 个月前

    Department of Energy. The main role is to handle the radioactive materials that the government creates and uses

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 个月前

      Also one of the three departments Rick Perry (R-Texas) couldn’t remember that he wanted to eliminate.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 个月前

        “See? If there is no government agency handlin’ radioactive waste, that problem goes away!”

        • Serinus@lemmy.world
          61·
          2 个月前

          He did change his tune after he became Secretary of Energy.

          Also, May 15, 2023 — Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry would not support former President Donald Trump in his reelection campaign when asked on Sunday,

          • Treczoks@lemmy.world
            41·
            2 个月前

            Something like rats and sinking ships come to mind. Now that Trump shows his true fashist colors, some REPs don’t want to end up as Trumps Himmler or Göring…