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Actually I believe new horizons had a pretty primitive propulsion system and achieved most of it's delta V from a sling shot around jupiter. More recent solar
by sliken 7y ago
Actually I believe new horizons had a pretty primitive propulsion system and achieved most of it's delta V from a sling shot around jupiter.
More recent solar sails and plasma based propulsion systems have achieves significant improvements since then. If it was a priority I don't see why would couldn't go 10x as far within in the next decade.