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New Horizons planning additional extended missions

• ChrisGranger 8y ago
  September 11, 2017 - not exactly the latest news...
• tabtab 8y ago
  The Hubble scope had to spend several hours to find Ultima Thule. If Hubble is tied up or having glitches in the coming months or years, it could be hard to find new targets within the probe's aiming cone. I'm not sure Earth scopes are up to the task.
  • FlyMoreRockets 8y ago
    Shame the James Webb space telescope isn't yet ready to launch.
    • tabtab 8y ago
      Yip. March 2021 is the current estimate. Maybe for target #4 it could be useful, but hopefully New Horizons doesn't have to wait that long for its next target. As time goes on, NH has less power and less sunlight for photography & spectrography.