> Voyager benefitted from a particular alignment of the planets to get multiple slingshot boosts from gravity wells.
What exactly does that get us? It gets further into space faster? It travels faster? Cheaper to launch?
I mean if it just means it leaves the solar system 20 years faster or something then it seems like cheaper launches far outweigh those favorable conditions.
What exactly does that get us? It gets further into space faster? It travels faster? Cheaper to launch?
I mean if it just means it leaves the solar system 20 years faster or something then it seems like cheaper launches far outweigh those favorable conditions.