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How are the Voyagers' thrusters configured in a novel way to minimize accelerations along Earth-spacecraft axis?
I've just read in Eshleman et al 1977 Radio Science Investigations with Voyager that the voyagers have:
...a novel attitude-control thruster configuration that minimizes accelerations along the ...
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What might the first deep space telescope using the Sun or Jupiter as a gravitational lens be like?
@SteveLinton's nicely written and sourced answer about using strong gravitational lensing by the Sun or even Jupiter as a kind of telescope to resolve the surfaces of exoplanets is really interesting, ...