two space items

Interesting story by Eric Berger, Ars Technica:

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/family-whose-roof-was-damaged-by-space-debris-files-claims-against-nasa/

If I was NASA, I'd just pay - less than $100,000 is a rounding error on the SLS rocket ship budget.

Why is that bracket thingy so heavy ?  It just looks way too solidly built for something going into space.  The walls of the Lunar Module were hardly thicker than a beer can !

Second, an interesting video by Anton on Voyager 1 working again:

source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wUqhpr07M

Fortran ?  wow !  I recall using Fortran (with punched cards yet) in college in 1977 for a senior project but I would have thought they'd use assembly language.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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