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Re:‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe region beyond ... by DrBazza on Friday July 29, 2022 @09:28AM (#32276573)
Not sure I like the "Voyager on steroids" - I strongly associate Voyager with the Grand Tour of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Seeing those pictures come back when I was a child made me do astrophysics at university. "Mission would probe the region beyond our Solar system" is fine though.
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Re:‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe region beyond ... by mikro2nd on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:05AM (#32277885)
Yep! The only people I've ever known who were (literally) "on steroids" were uniformly and without exception psychopathic jerks. It's a stupid epithet, frequently used to describe the exact opposite of the sentiment it tries so pathetically to convey. Phrase ought to be retired.

More on topic: I'd love to see a mission or more focussed on exploring interstellar regions. I'll bet there's a whole lot more we'll learn there, even though I'll be long dead by the time it rolls around.

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Re:‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe region beyond ... by DrBazza on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:09PM (#32278715)
> I'd love to see a mission or more focussed on exploring interstellar regions.

Yes. I did like the article, eventually, buried in the details, was "twice the speed of Voyager", and "can't gravity assist past the Sun, no real saving and might go wrong".

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Re:‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe region beyond ... by mlindner on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:23PM (#32278898)
Steroids are used for a lot of medically important uses. I used steroidal inhalers to heal my throat/lungs after a flu-like something several years ago. Worked wonders.
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Re:‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe region beyond ... by mikro2nd on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:14AM (#32286966)
Yes, of course you're right, and I was in error thinking only of the people who use steroids for non-medical purposes, and forgetting that there are many legitimate applications. My bad, and I apologise for that oversight.
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