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And Voyager 2. (not in NIR, though) A modern probe to the ice giants is long overdue. Plenty of missions were proposed over decades, but none actually made it.
by orbital-decay 3y ago
And Voyager 2. (not in NIR, though)
A modern probe to the ice giants is long overdue. Plenty of missions were proposed over decades, but none actually made it.
- dylan604 3y agoComparing a mission to orbit and stay on mission is really unfair to one that is only whizzing by the planet. The ice bodies need their own versions of Cassini instead of just being a road side stop for souvenirs on the way to the actual destination. The plants are not the world's largest ball of twine or some other cash grab of an attraction. They should be the destination.
- kridsdale1 3y agoYou’ll have to play up the hydrocarbons to get the US to fund such a destination.
- dylan604 3y agoIt's a good thing the US is no longer the only space agency sending out probes into the solar system. Sadly, the reach of the US does extend into the other agencies in a pretty influential way though