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Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by throwaway894345 on Saturday June 15, 2024 @01:21PM (#40691110)
Is there any reason that a new generation of ships couldn't leverage the same (or similar, if not better) gravitational pulls that benefited Voyager?
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Re:Voyager 1 is back online! NASA spacecraft returns data fr... by Rebelgecko on Saturday June 15, 2024 @01:41PM (#40691273)
The "Grand Tour" alignment that Voyagers were initially intended to take advantage of only happens once every 175 years (although if the goal is just max speed I don't know if favorable conditions happen more often than that)
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