Timeline for Was there any launch vehicle possible that could have been used for a heavier New Horizons with enough fuel to enter Pluto orbit? (adding ~10 years)
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| May 26, 2023 at 21:48 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| Jun 29, 2021 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1409708428570677255 | ||
| Jun 29, 2021 at 0:30 | answer | added | BrendanLuke15 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 28, 2021 at 2:17 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2021 at 2:15 | comment | added | uhoh | @BrendanLuke15 I think you can add a short "supplementary answer" here, pointing to those answers and sourcing from references therein; the "adding another decade or so" is the real challenge! | |
| Jun 27, 2021 at 15:50 | comment | added | BrendanLuke15 | highly relevant Requirements to orbit Pluto | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 12:47 | answer | added | JanKanis | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 4:07 | comment | added | uhoh | @notovny Good point! The flight plan is up to you, task is to get it there. You can add some years and some reasonable amount of flybys, up to adding another decade or so to the arrival time if necessary. Same payload, bigger tank, new mission design, new launch vehicle. | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 4:04 | comment | added | notovny | Same flight plan, or is a Hohmann, or even a Bi-elliptic course on the table? | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 4:00 | history | asked | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |