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Not claiming to be smart people, but it depends on what you mean by "available." The fastest probe that we could launch soon is a sundiver solar sail. It requir
by consumer451 2y ago
Not claiming to be smart people, but it depends on what you mean by "available." The fastest probe that we could launch soon is a sundiver solar sail. It requires no new magical technological leaps. It has been explored mostly in service of the solar gravitational lens concept. [0]
The sundiver probe could go 547 AU in 17 years. Voyager 1 is at 162 AU. So around 5 years.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41865107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41865107