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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by idiotsecant on Friday December 15, 2023 @12:06PM (#38656095)
Very long distance spaceflight like this is still basically only power d by gravity slingshot maneuvers where we steal an infinitesimal amount of inertia from planets to give a spacecraft some velocity. Voyager was launched during pretty favorable gravitational assist conditions, so unless we dramatically improve delta v and isp in the spacecraft or get a better configuration, probably not.

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