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So what are the odds of us being able to fire something off to catch up with this thing? I feel like I haven't seen this discussed, but presumably if it's no lo
by px43 6y ago
So what are the odds of us being able to fire something off to catch up with this thing? I feel like I haven't seen this discussed, but presumably if it's no longer accelerating, it should be relatively easy to locate right?
We should at the very least start building out the capability to fire off something at the next mystery rock that floats by.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoThe odds are zero. It is moving far too fast at 5.5 au/year. Voyager 2 has a speed of 3 au/year and the object will have a 15-20 yr head start before we launch a new probe