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Yes, it's hard. I understand that. But not impossible. Same arguments apply to Saturn, but "we" managed to get Cassini in orbit. It's a matter of scale, not pr
by drjesusphd 11y ago
Yes, it's hard. I understand that. But not impossible.
Same arguments apply to Saturn, but "we" managed to get Cassini in orbit. It's a matter of scale, not principle.
- danbruc 11y agoIt is of course possible but difficultly and costs will probably explode ruining the cost benefit ratio. Fly by ten times or try landing once? Or fly by once and spend the remaining money exploring something else - there is so much else. And entering an orbit seems still vastly simpler than landing on the surface.
- raverbashing 11y agoYeah, but Saturn is at approx. 1/4 of the distance to Pluto and it used a different process to intersect to Saturn's orbit, taking more time to get there New Horizons got to Jupiter after ONE year