| ▲ | bombcar 2 days ago |
| Isn't a big part of the problem that the voyager slingshot is one of the best you can get, and it's a once in multiple-lifetimes event? Even if we launch a new deep space probe as best we can they're gonna be real slow? |
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| ▲ | pavon 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| What was unique about the Voyager flight path is that the alignment of planets allowed us to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single trip using gravity assists. From what I've read, the final velocity they obtained allowing them to reach interstellar space during their lifetime could be obtained with less rare gravity assists. |
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| ▲ | monocasa 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| For Voyager 1, Jupiter's gravity assist was the only one that increased velocity, the flybys ultimately sapped velocity. |
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| ▲ | dylan604 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| New Horizons is faster than Voyagers and did not require an alignment. |
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| ▲ | bombcar 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | It was launched faster but the final speed is slower - it'll never catch up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Speed | | |
| ▲ | dylan604 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Hmm, I definitely remembered it being referred to as the fastest human made thing. Just missed the salient "launched" detail | | |
| ▲ | karlgkk 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Maybe that was Parker? Parker and new horizons often get lumped together for some reason | | |
| ▲ | dylan604 2 days ago | parent [-] | | By who? The Parker is doing everything it can to get closer to the sun by dipping into the sun's atmosphere while New Horizons went to Pluto and is getting further and further away from the sun. I don't think you could have a more opposite mission than these two. | | |
| ▲ | karlgkk a day ago | parent | next [-] | | IDK a lot of media. I think they’re two surface level similar missions. It’s not so much about what they’re doing, but rather how they’re built and represented to the public IDK, my point is I can see how some people might get confused about the more Guinness book style factoid around these missions | |
| ▲ | NooneAtAll3 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Parker probe is fastest relative to Sun Horizons has been fastest when it left Earth |
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| ▲ | lostlogin 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | A grandparent comment says it’s slower? |
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| ▲ | simonebrunozzi 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yes, but we could install different tools and measuring instruments and make it worthwhile. |
