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Isn't a big part of the problem that the voyager slingshot is one of the best you can get, and it's a once in multiple-lifetimes event? Even if we launch a new
by bombcar 7mo ago
Isn't a big part of the problem that the voyager slingshot is one of the best you can get, and it's a once in multiple-lifetimes event?
Even if we launch a new deep space probe as best we can they're gonna be real slow?
- monocasa 7mo agoFor Voyager 1, Jupiter's gravity assist was the only one that increased velocity, the flybys ultimately sapped velocity.
- NooneAtAll3 7mo agoapparently not so https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/70473 https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/70473
- dylan604 7mo agoNew Horizons is faster than Voyagers and did not require an alignment.
- bombcar 7mo agoIt was launched faster but the final speed is slower - it'll never catch up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Speed
- dylan604 7mo agoHmm, I definitely remembered it being referred to as the fastest human made thing. Just missed the salient "launched" detail
- karlgkk 7mo agoMaybe that was Parker? Parker and new horizons often get lumped together for some reason
- dylan604 7mo agoBy who? The Parker is doing everything it can to get closer to the sun by dipping into the sun's atmosphere while New Horizons went to Pluto and is getting further and further away from the sun. I don't think you could have a more opposite mission than these two.
- NooneAtAll3 7mo agoParker probe is fastest relative to Sun Horizons has been fastest when it left Earth
- karlgkk 7mo agoIDK a lot of media. I think they’re two surface level similar missions. It’s not so much about what they’re doing, but rather how they’re built and represented to the public IDK, my point is I can see how some people might get confused about the more Guinness book style factoid around these missions
- lostlogin 7mo agoA grandparent comment says it’s slower?
- pavon 7mo agoWhat was unique about the Voyager flight path is that the alignment of planets allowed us to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single trip using gravity assists. From what I've read, the final velocity they obtained allowing them to reach interstellar space during their lifetime could be obtained with less rare gravity assists.
- simonebrunozzi 7mo agoYes, but we could install different tools and measuring instruments and make it worthwhile.