NASA's Voyager 1 sends readable message to Earth after 4 nail-biting months of gibberish

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After four months of being unable to detect comprehensible data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, NASA scientists have had fresh luck after sending a "poke."

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[Bruzote]

I have an inside source who says the message said, "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."

 

[Grumpy-DC]

I love Ovaltine. Both flavors. And I remember "Captain Midnight" sponsored by same.

 

[Grumpy-DC]

I love Ovaltine. Both flavors. And I remember "Captain Midnight" sponsored by same.

And prior, CM was sponsored by motor oil... Quaker, I think, but that might be a misremember.
Kids might be prompted to ask for, or bug their parents for, flavoring for milk, whereas kids won't care about motor oil...