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One of the author's conclusions to "find out more" (my paraphrase) suggest a rocket using a gravity well to go after it. Are there any options for using a Voya

• readonlybarbie 4y ago
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• mhh__ 4y ago
  Voyager 1/2 are both basically EOL at this point so I think at best you could maybe turn the instruments back on for one last hurrah but they're an awfully long way away from Kansas now so even a suicide mission of sorts could overwhelm them.
  • tablespoon 4y ago
    > Voyager 1/2 are both basically EOL at this point so I think at best you could maybe turn the instruments back on for one last hurrah but they're an awfully long way away from Kansas now so even a suicide mission of sorts could overwhelm them. I don't even have to look it up to be 100% sure that Voyager 1/2 are in the wrong place, going in the wrong direction, with the wrong instruments to observe Oumuamua. Their batteries are also nearly dead and they never had enough propellant to go anywhere except approximately where they're going now. The best they could ever do is make small corrections to slingshot off something else, and there's nothing to slingshot off of anymore. Also, I think they're almost out of propellant, too.