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207.195.86.97: /* Explanation */ Parody is mocking. This isn't mocking the movie, it's just referencing it.

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‎Explanation: Parody is mocking. This isn't mocking the movie, it's just referencing it.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is an imagined project to re-position the {{w|International Cometary Explorer|ISEE-3/ICE}} probe, and a parody of the 1995 movie ''{{w|Hackers (film)|Hackers}}''.
+This comic is an imagined project to re-position the {{w|International Cometary Explorer|ISEE-3/ICE}} probe, and a reference to the 1995 movie ''{{w|Hackers (film)|Hackers}}''.
 The history of the probe, as laid out in the comic, is true. The probe did, indeed, return to signal range in 2014, and seemed capable of being controlled, but NASA declined to devote the resources necessary to re-establish communication. The proposed, independent project to take control of the probe and send it on a new mission didn't exist at the time of the comic, but has since [http://spacecollege.org/isee3/ become reality], as [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] noted in a [https://blog.xkcd.com/2014/05/30/isee-3/ blag post]. See [[#Background for ISEE-3/ICE|details below]].

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 *May 30, 2014: The project, led by [http://www.rockethub.com/profiles/68340-dennis-wingo Dennis Wingo] and {{w|Keith Cowing}}, had taken control of the spacecraft.
 *July 2, 2014: The reboot project successfully fired the thrusters for the first time since 1987. The engines on ISEE-3 performed a successful spin-up burn. The spin rate was changed to 19.76 rpm which is inside of the original mission specifications at 19.75 +/- 0.2 rpm.
-**Further attempts to change the trajectory into an earth bound orbit did fail. Despite the effort from experts and [https://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-borg-crowdsourced-isee-3-engineering-and-the-collective-mind-of-the-internet.html amateurs via the internet]. was determined that the spacecraft had run out of nitrogen pressurant.
+**Further attempts to change the trajectory into an earth bound orbit did fail. Despite the effort from experts and [https://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-borg-crowdsourced-isee-3-engineering-and-the-collective-mind-of-the-internet.html amateurs via the internet], it was determined that the spacecraft had run out of nitrogen pressurant.
 *Since the device was still communicating, and many of the instruments were still working, the ISEE-3 was intended to be used for [https://spacecollege.org/isee3/announcing-the-isee-3-interplanetary-citizen-science-mission.html the first citizen science, crowd funded, crowd sourced, interplanetary space science mission.].
 *{{w|International_Cometary_Explorer#Contact_lost|Contact was finally lost}} on 2014-09-16.

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	See [http://spacecollege.org/isee3/ Space College: ISEE-3 Reboot Project Archives] for the coverage of this amazing project.		See [http://spacecollege.org/isee3/ Space College: ISEE-3 Reboot Project Archives] for the coverage of this amazing project.
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 *July 2, 2014: The reboot project successfully fired the thrusters for the first time since 1987. The engines on ISEE-3 performed a successful spin-up burn. The spin rate was changed to 19.76 rpm which is inside of the original mission specifications at 19.75 +/- 0.2 rpm.
 **Further attempts to change the trajectory into an earth bound orbit did fail. Despite the effort from experts and [https://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-borg-crowdsourced-isee-3-engineering-and-the-collective-mind-of-the-internet.html amateurs via the internet]. was determined that the spacecraft had run out of nitrogen pressurant.
-*Since the device was still communicating, and many of the instruments were still working, the ISEE-3 was intended to be used for the first citizen science, crowd funded, crowd sourced, interplanetary space science mission.<ref>[https://spacecollege.org/isee3/announcing-the-isee-3-interplanetary-citizen-science-mission.html "Announcing the ISEE-3 Interplanetary Citizen Science Mission"]. ''Space College''. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2024-06-17.</ref>
+*Since the device was still communicating, and many of the instruments were still working, the ISEE-3 was intended to be used for [https://spacecollege.org/isee3/announcing-the-isee-3-interplanetary-citizen-science-mission.html the first citizen science, crowd funded, crowd sourced, interplanetary space science mission.].
 *{{w|International_Cometary_Explorer#Contact_lost|Contact was finally lost}} on 2014-09-16.

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 *May 30, 2014: The project, led by [http://www.rockethub.com/profiles/68340-dennis-wingo Dennis Wingo] and {{w|Keith Cowing}}, had taken control of the spacecraft.
 *July 2, 2014: The reboot project successfully fired the thrusters for the first time since 1987. The engines on ISEE-3 performed a successful spin-up burn. The spin rate was changed to 19.76 rpm which is inside of the original mission specifications at 19.75 +/- 0.2 rpm.
-**Further attempts to change the trajectory into an earth bound orbit did fail. Despite the effort from experts and amateurs via the internet<ref>[https://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-borg-crowdsourced-isee-3-engineering-and-the-collective-mind-of-the-internet.html "We Are Borg: Crowdsourced ISEE-3 Engineering and the Collective Mind of the Internet"]. ''Space College''. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2024-06-17.</ref> it was determined that the spacecraft had run out of nitrogen pressurant.
+**Further attempts to change the trajectory into an earth bound orbit did fail. Despite the effort from experts and [https://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-borg-crowdsourced-isee-3-engineering-and-the-collective-mind-of-the-internet.html amateurs via the internet]. was determined that the spacecraft had run out of nitrogen pressurant.
 *Since the device was still communicating, and many of the instruments were still working, the ISEE-3 was intended to be used for the first citizen science, crowd funded, crowd sourced, interplanetary space science mission.<ref>[https://spacecollege.org/isee3/announcing-the-isee-3-interplanetary-citizen-science-mission.html "Announcing the ISEE-3 Interplanetary Citizen Science Mission"]. ''Space College''. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2024-06-17.</ref>
 *{{w|International_Cometary_Explorer#Contact_lost|Contact was finally lost}} on 2014-09-16.

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 ===Updates for ISEE-3/ICE===
 After this comic was published, it was established that an 18-meter satellite dish at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory does still have the right hardware.
-*April 4, 2014: Volunteers started a crowdfunding project on RocketHub to contact the probe and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140417052853/https://www.rockethub.com/42228 put it back into a halo orbit around Lagrangian point L1.]. ''RocketHub''. Space College, Skycorp, and SpaceRef. Archived from [https://www.rockethub.com/42228 the original] on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2024-06-17.</ref>
+*April 4, 2014: Volunteers started a crowdfunding project on RocketHub to contact the probe and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140417052853/https://www.rockethub.com/42228 put it back into a halo orbit around Lagrangian point L1.]
 *May 23, 2014: First contact to the probe was established.
 *May 29, 2014: NASA gave them approval to try to achieve contact.

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 It was reported that the hardware to communicate with ISEE-3/ICE had been decommissioned. The Madrid DSS complex still has the special filter required to communicate with the ICE satellite, but because of frequency conflicts [https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsndocs/810-005/101/101E.pdf S-band uplink is not supported.]
-On March 1 and 2, 2014 radio amateurs were able to detect the beacon signal from the retired NASA deep space probe ICE (International Cometary Explorer) using the 20&nbsp;m radio telescope at the Bochum Observatory (Germany).<ref>[https://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/radio-amateurs-receive-nasa-isee-3ice-spacecraft/ "Radio amateurs receive NASA ISEE-3 / ICE Spacecraft"]. ''AMSAT-UK''. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2024-06-17./</ref>
+On March 1 and 2, 2014 radio amateurs were able to detect the beacon signal from the retired NASA deep space probe ICE (International Cometary Explorer) using the 20&nbsp;m [https://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/radio-amateurs-receive-nasa-isee-3ice-spacecraft/ radio telescope at the Bochum Observatory (Germany).]
 ===Updates for ISEE-3/ICE===

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 The Deep Space Network (DSN) detected the probe again in 2008 because NASA mistakenly left its transmitters on. However, the probe was only transmitting the carrier signal at that time. A status check of the spacecraft has revealed that [https://www.planetary.org/articles/02070836-isee-3 many of its instruments are still working and that it contains plenty of fuel.]
-It was reported that the hardware to communicate with ISEE-3/ICE had been decommissioned. The Madrid DSS complex still has the special filter required to communicate with the ICE satellite, but because of frequency conflicts S-band uplink is not supported.<ref>{{W|Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}. [https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsndocs/810-005/101/101E.pdf "70-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces"] (PDF). {{w|Deep Space Network}}. 810-005, 101, Rev. E.</ref>
+It was reported that the hardware to communicate with ISEE-3/ICE had been decommissioned. The Madrid DSS complex still has the special filter required to communicate with the ICE satellite, but because of frequency conflicts [https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsndocs/810-005/101/101E.pdf S-band uplink is not supported.]
 On March 1 and 2, 2014 radio amateurs were able to detect the beacon signal from the retired NASA deep space probe ICE (International Cometary Explorer) using the 20&nbsp;m radio telescope at the Bochum Observatory (Germany).<ref>[https://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/radio-amateurs-receive-nasa-isee-3ice-spacecraft/ "Radio amateurs receive NASA ISEE-3 / ICE Spacecraft"]. ''AMSAT-UK''. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2024-06-17./</ref>

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 The {{w|International Cometary Explorer|ISEE-3/ICE}} probe was launched in August 12, 1978 and tasked to study Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind. Before completing its original mission the probe was repurposed on June 10, 1982 to study the interaction between the solar wind and a cometary atmosphere. By flying through the comet {{w|21P/Giacobini–Zinner|Giacobini-Zinner}}'s tail, it became the first probe to do so. This put ISEE-3 in a {{w|heliocentric orbit}}. Its trajectory will bring it close to Earth on August 2014.
-The Deep Space Network (DSN) detected the probe again in 2008 because NASA mistakenly left its transmitters on. However, the probe was only transmitting the carrier signal at that time. A status check of the spacecraft has revealed that many of its instruments are still working and that it contains plenty of fuel.<ref>Lakdawalla, Emily (2014-02-07). [https://www.planetary.org/articles/02070836-isee-3 "ICE/ISEE-3 to return to an Earth no longer capable of speaking to it"]. ''The Planetary Society''. Retrieved 2024-06-17.</ref>
+The Deep Space Network (DSN) detected the probe again in 2008 because NASA mistakenly left its transmitters on. However, the probe was only transmitting the carrier signal at that time. A status check of the spacecraft has revealed that [https://www.planetary.org/articles/02070836-isee-3 many of its instruments are still working and that it contains plenty of fuel.]
 It was reported that the hardware to communicate with ISEE-3/ICE had been decommissioned. The Madrid DSS complex still has the special filter required to communicate with the ICE satellite, but because of frequency conflicts S-band uplink is not supported.<ref>{{W|Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}. [https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsndocs/810-005/101/101E.pdf "70-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces"] (PDF). {{w|Deep Space Network}}. 810-005, 101, Rev. E.</ref>