It was a miracle.' Amazing tales of dead spacecraft that came back to life

[Admin]

Sometimes the end of the mission isn't really the end.

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[COLGeek]

Miracle? No. Good engineering? Yes.

 

[Torbjorn Larsson]

"Multi-bit errors are more problematic,” said Burley, and that's what had happened to IMAGE.

It isn't only we that produce good engineering, sometimes it's nature. The comeback stories reminds me how victims of fateful mutations can sometimes escape it by further mutation:

Next, the researchers looked for genetic explanations for the man’s resilience. Previous research has found protective mutations in two people who carry a gene that invariably causes early-onset Alzheimer’s. But the man in the DIAN study didn’t carry either of these mutations.

The researchers did find that the man has nine genetic variants that weren’t present in his relatives who had the PSEN2 mutation and early dementia.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00398-4

 

[Helio]

My favorite satellite reactivation is the time NASA found a ham radio operator with a huge array to send a signal that would overpower the satellite’s transmitter signal that continued to lock the receiver inches away.