Re:Voyager 1 spots new region at the edge of the Solar System
by InclinedPlane on Monday December 03, 2012 @08:18PM
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We could but it wouldn't be easy. Likely what we'd do is use a really big rocket like the Delta IV Heavy or the upcoming Falcon Heavy to give the spacecraft a lot of extra speed. Then we'd use electric propulsion on the craft itself to continue to build up speed over its life. Ultimately, even with today's technology, we could catch up to these probes but it would take decades to do so.
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