@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 2 days agoWe’re finally going to the Solar System’s most intriguing but unexplored frontierarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11arrow-up149arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkWe’re finally going to the Solar System’s most intriguing but unexplored frontierarstechnica.com@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 2 days agomessage-square11cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@halcyoncmdrlinkEnglish9•2 days ago2024 to 2030 isn’t that long when we’re talking current tech spacecraft transits. New Horizons we had to wait from 2006 to 2015 for the first of those beautiful images back.
minus-square@niktemadurlinkEnglish1•1 day agoTaking a more direct path with a more powerful rocket, it took the Voyager probes just a year and a half to get there. Of course, they also zoomed right past towards Saturn and beyond.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoI suppose so. Something like NERVA-style kickstage could speed things up nicely, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 day agoI’m really looking forward to the new class of heavy lift launchers enabling probes with more delta V to speed up these transits.
2024 to 2030 isn’t that long when we’re talking current tech spacecraft transits.
New Horizons we had to wait from 2006 to 2015 for the first of those beautiful images back.
Taking a more direct path with a more powerful rocket, it took the Voyager probes just a year and a half to get there. Of course, they also zoomed right past towards Saturn and beyond.
I suppose so. Something like NERVA-style kickstage could speed things up nicely, though.
I’m really looking forward to the new class of heavy lift launchers enabling probes with more delta V to speed up these transits.
Me too!