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There’s no chance of catching Oumuamua. It’s leaving the solar system at 26 km/s and it has a 3 year head start.
by ericbarrett 6y ago
There’s no chance of catching Oumuamua. It’s leaving the solar system at 26 km/s and it has a 3 year head start.
- jcims 6y agoToday no. It's clearly possible but it's probably a 50 year objective between technology development and mission operations.
- cambalache 6y agoGood luck finding a 200-m object at 273 AU.
- garmaine 6y agoThere are mission profiles that could manage a flyby on a multi-decade timeline.