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I am most excited for the launch of Europa Clipper. Then comes the long wait during the trip to Jupiter...
2024 to 2030 isn't that long when we're talking current tech spacecraft transits.
New Horizons we had to wait from 2006 to 2015 for the first of those beautiful images back.
I suppose so. Something like NERVA-style kickstage could speed things up nicely, though.
I'm really looking forward to the new class of heavy lift launchers enabling probes with more delta V to speed up these transits.
Me too!
Taking a more direct path with a more powerful rocket, it took the Voyager probes just a year and a half to get there. Of course, they also zoomed right past towards Saturn and beyond.