Re:NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2
by onetimeuse92304 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:01AM
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"Lucky" because the planets LITERALLY aligned for this to work. This kind of alignment only happens very, very rarely.
The New Horizons probe was launched at much faster speed than Voyagers, actually beating the record of the absolute fastest launch in history, but because of not getting those gravity assists it will never overtake Voyagers.
The New Horizons probe was launched at much faster speed than Voyagers, actually beating the record of the absolute fastest launch in history, but because of not getting those gravity assists it will never overtake Voyagers.