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That’s pretty cool. Wolfram Alpha also yields approx. 0.134 c for 1 week of travel time: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=distance+to+voyager+1+÷+1+week h
by divbzero 2y ago
That’s pretty cool.
Wolfram Alpha also yields approx. 0.134 c for 1 week of travel time:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=distance+to+voyager+1+÷+1+week https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=distance+to+voyager+1+÷...
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Perhaps targeting 100 weeks of travel time would be more plausible:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=distance+to+voyager+1+÷+100+weeks https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=distance+to+voyager+1+÷...
0.00134 c is approx. two times the top speed of 0.00064 c for the fastest space probe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe
If only we could harness gravity assist at will…