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aaurelions 3 days ago

Why launch Voyager-1 if, in X years, no matter how far it flies, we’ll catch up to it and overtake it using a new version?

krackers 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Because the planetary alignments won't allow for another launch any time soon... which I guess has a natural correspondence in that the macroeconomic conditions (read: bubble) mean that now is a great time to play around with things while they're basically giving it away to get you hooked.

bdcravens 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Without lessons learned from Voyager-1 the successors would never be built.