‘The people that built the spacecraft are not alive anymore’: NASA admits Voyager spacecraft code is still being maintained — even if barely anyone alive knows how to use the language it’s programmed in

NASA’s Voyager spacecraft still operates using ancient assembly code while the engineers who understood their systems gradually disappear forever.

NASA’s Voyager spacecraft still operates using ancient assembly code while the engineers who understood their systems gradually disappear forever.

NASA’s Voyager spacecraft still operates using ancient assembly code while the engineers who understood their systems gradually disappear forever.