Related to your question, but not responsive to the “speed” aspect: Here is a nice article from Ars [1] on the impact of starship on large space telescopes. Th

Related to your question, but not responsive to the “speed” aspect: Here is a nice article from Ars [1] on the impact of starship on large space telescopes. This is focused on Webb successors (which in NASA fall under astrophysics, not planetary, like Clipper) not “planetary probes” per se, although a linked and more technical article [2] touches briefly on that. One coauthor of [2] is the chief scientist for astrophysics at JPL, so it’s not just idle speculation. The ability to launch an 8m telescope definitely has space mission designers interested. However, probe velocity itself is not addressed. [1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/astronomers-say-new-telescopes-should-take-advantage-of-starship-paradigm/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/astronomers-say-new-te... [2] https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/76/2/40/2869438/Accelerating-astrophysics-with-the-SpaceX https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/76/2/40/2869438/Ac...