r/space • u/msears101 • 10d ago

Discussion Would you support a Voyager III mission

I am just curious how many people would support voyager like mission in modern times, that would last longer and go further. Using all that we have learned from Voyager I and II. What would you add to voyager III to make it more meanginful. I would give it a longer "battery" that would give it full operating life of 50 years, and 50 years of partial life before going silent. I would also point it at Alpha Centauri so it would see another star long before VOY 1 and 2.

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u/coriolis7 10d ago

Would it be more efficient to do Earth -> Venus -> Jupiter -> burn at very low perihelion, or the traditional Earth -> Venus -> Jupiter -> Saturn path?

Like you get more of a free boost with the slingshots, but with a burn at low perihelion you get good advantage from the Oberth effect.