Why NASA doesn't continue sending voyagers anymore? Or is it a bad idea?











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As for now it's been more than 40 years NASA launched Voyager 1 & Voyager 2. With more advance technology wouldn't it now be a good time to continue sending more sophisticated voyagers out there? Wouldn't it be a good way to gather more data & it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?



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    I don't get what you mean by "it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?" Are you talking about Aliens? That wasn't the purpose of the Voyager missions.
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  • "They" could be either aliens or future earthlings - I don't know. If that's not their one of missions, why would Voyagers carrying gold plated record disks etc?
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  • As I recall, the voyager crafts were sent when the planets were properly aligned for gravity assists. That probably doesn't happen very often. I also think we learn a lot more by having spacecraft orbit a planet vs fly by a planet. There's not all that much to gain by sending a probe out of the solar system, not that they should never do it, but it's not a top priority. I would also add that if contact is the goal, a tiny spacecraft isn't a likely way to do it. Sending radio-waterhole transmissions or listening for them is more likely.
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  • The aliens got really pissed and fined NASA 20 trillion spnrgls.
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As for now it's been more than 40 years NASA launched Voyager 1 & Voyager 2. With more advance technology wouldn't it now be a good time to continue sending more sophisticated voyagers out there? Wouldn't it be a good way to gather more data & it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?



Did NASA stop sending off probes like that anymore?










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    Consider moving to space exploration.
    – James K
    6 hours ago






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    I don't get what you mean by "it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?" Are you talking about Aliens? That wasn't the purpose of the Voyager missions.
    – James K
    6 hours ago










  • "They" could be either aliens or future earthlings - I don't know. If that's not their one of missions, why would Voyagers carrying gold plated record disks etc?
    – shan
    5 hours ago










  • As I recall, the voyager crafts were sent when the planets were properly aligned for gravity assists. That probably doesn't happen very often. I also think we learn a lot more by having spacecraft orbit a planet vs fly by a planet. There's not all that much to gain by sending a probe out of the solar system, not that they should never do it, but it's not a top priority. I would also add that if contact is the goal, a tiny spacecraft isn't a likely way to do it. Sending radio-waterhole transmissions or listening for them is more likely.
    – userLTK
    4 hours ago










  • The aliens got really pissed and fined NASA 20 trillion spnrgls.
    – Bob Jarvis
    3 mins ago













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As for now it's been more than 40 years NASA launched Voyager 1 & Voyager 2. With more advance technology wouldn't it now be a good time to continue sending more sophisticated voyagers out there? Wouldn't it be a good way to gather more data & it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?



Did NASA stop sending off probes like that anymore?










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As for now it's been more than 40 years NASA launched Voyager 1 & Voyager 2. With more advance technology wouldn't it now be a good time to continue sending more sophisticated voyagers out there? Wouldn't it be a good way to gather more data & it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?



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    I don't get what you mean by "it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?" Are you talking about Aliens? That wasn't the purpose of the Voyager missions.
    – James K
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  • "They" could be either aliens or future earthlings - I don't know. If that's not their one of missions, why would Voyagers carrying gold plated record disks etc?
    – shan
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  • As I recall, the voyager crafts were sent when the planets were properly aligned for gravity assists. That probably doesn't happen very often. I also think we learn a lot more by having spacecraft orbit a planet vs fly by a planet. There's not all that much to gain by sending a probe out of the solar system, not that they should never do it, but it's not a top priority. I would also add that if contact is the goal, a tiny spacecraft isn't a likely way to do it. Sending radio-waterhole transmissions or listening for them is more likely.
    – userLTK
    4 hours ago










  • The aliens got really pissed and fined NASA 20 trillion spnrgls.
    – Bob Jarvis
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    Consider moving to space exploration.
    – James K
    6 hours ago






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    I don't get what you mean by "it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?" Are you talking about Aliens? That wasn't the purpose of the Voyager missions.
    – James K
    6 hours ago










  • "They" could be either aliens or future earthlings - I don't know. If that's not their one of missions, why would Voyagers carrying gold plated record disks etc?
    – shan
    5 hours ago










  • As I recall, the voyager crafts were sent when the planets were properly aligned for gravity assists. That probably doesn't happen very often. I also think we learn a lot more by having spacecraft orbit a planet vs fly by a planet. There's not all that much to gain by sending a probe out of the solar system, not that they should never do it, but it's not a top priority. I would also add that if contact is the goal, a tiny spacecraft isn't a likely way to do it. Sending radio-waterhole transmissions or listening for them is more likely.
    – userLTK
    4 hours ago










  • The aliens got really pissed and fined NASA 20 trillion spnrgls.
    – Bob Jarvis
    3 mins ago








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Consider moving to space exploration.
– James K
6 hours ago




Consider moving to space exploration.
– James K
6 hours ago




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I don't get what you mean by "it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?" Are you talking about Aliens? That wasn't the purpose of the Voyager missions.
– James K
6 hours ago




I don't get what you mean by "it will increase the chances of letting them (If they exist) our presence, right?" Are you talking about Aliens? That wasn't the purpose of the Voyager missions.
– James K
6 hours ago












"They" could be either aliens or future earthlings - I don't know. If that's not their one of missions, why would Voyagers carrying gold plated record disks etc?
– shan
5 hours ago




"They" could be either aliens or future earthlings - I don't know. If that's not their one of missions, why would Voyagers carrying gold plated record disks etc?
– shan
5 hours ago












As I recall, the voyager crafts were sent when the planets were properly aligned for gravity assists. That probably doesn't happen very often. I also think we learn a lot more by having spacecraft orbit a planet vs fly by a planet. There's not all that much to gain by sending a probe out of the solar system, not that they should never do it, but it's not a top priority. I would also add that if contact is the goal, a tiny spacecraft isn't a likely way to do it. Sending radio-waterhole transmissions or listening for them is more likely.
– userLTK
4 hours ago




As I recall, the voyager crafts were sent when the planets were properly aligned for gravity assists. That probably doesn't happen very often. I also think we learn a lot more by having spacecraft orbit a planet vs fly by a planet. There's not all that much to gain by sending a probe out of the solar system, not that they should never do it, but it's not a top priority. I would also add that if contact is the goal, a tiny spacecraft isn't a likely way to do it. Sending radio-waterhole transmissions or listening for them is more likely.
– userLTK
4 hours ago












The aliens got really pissed and fined NASA 20 trillion spnrgls.
– Bob Jarvis
3 mins ago




The aliens got really pissed and fined NASA 20 trillion spnrgls.
– Bob Jarvis
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Galileo: Launched in 1989, orbited Jupiter for 7 years

Cassini-Huygens: Orbited Saturn for 13 years.

New Horizons: Fly-by of Jupiter and Pluto.

Juno: Currently in orbit around Jupiter.



Nasa, (and Esa) have created multiple outer planet probes. But they are costly and there is no reason to repeat what has already been done. So each mission has a different aim and purpose. Often this means not doing a fly-by, but getting the probe in orbit around the planet.



Uranus and Neptune have not be re-visited. They are very distant. Getting a probe out to them is possible. Getting something out to them in a reasonable amount of time and then getting it in orbit is much harder, and they are, perhaps, less intrinsically interesting than Jupiter and Saturn.



The voyagers did carry gold disks, but this was not a serious attempt to contact alien intelligence. It has a symbolic purpose. A record of humanity will exist somewhere in the galaxy long after we are gone.






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    Like James K's answer details, probes have been sent to the outer planets even after the Voyagers.



    However, the specific trajectory used by Voyager missions has not been reused. In fact, it was the specific position of the planets that inspired the whole program, initially called the Grand Tour.



    Voyager trajectory, from Wikipedia (public domain)



    The relative position of the outer planets in their orbits in late 1970's allowed a space probe to visit many of them and to achieve great speeds using a sequence of gravity assist maneuvers. This position only repeats once every 175 years, so it is very likely that future space probes in 2150's will take advantage of it.






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    • There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
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    It's a question of science return on investment. As @JamesK's answer notes, NASA has done several orbiters since the Voyagers. You get greater ROI when your probe can stay near the body you're interested and continue to observe it for a long time. The only Voyager type probe in that list is New Horizons, in the sense that Voyager type probes only do a flyby. In the case of Uranus, and points more distant, as @JamesK noted, it's extremely hard to get there in a reasonable time, and then slow down enough to enter orbit. So for them Voyager type probes have an advantage.






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      It does:



      Galileo: Launched in 1989, orbited Jupiter for 7 years

      Cassini-Huygens: Orbited Saturn for 13 years.

      New Horizons: Fly-by of Jupiter and Pluto.

      Juno: Currently in orbit around Jupiter.



      Nasa, (and Esa) have created multiple outer planet probes. But they are costly and there is no reason to repeat what has already been done. So each mission has a different aim and purpose. Often this means not doing a fly-by, but getting the probe in orbit around the planet.



      Uranus and Neptune have not be re-visited. They are very distant. Getting a probe out to them is possible. Getting something out to them in a reasonable amount of time and then getting it in orbit is much harder, and they are, perhaps, less intrinsically interesting than Jupiter and Saturn.



      The voyagers did carry gold disks, but this was not a serious attempt to contact alien intelligence. It has a symbolic purpose. A record of humanity will exist somewhere in the galaxy long after we are gone.






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        It does:



        Galileo: Launched in 1989, orbited Jupiter for 7 years

        Cassini-Huygens: Orbited Saturn for 13 years.

        New Horizons: Fly-by of Jupiter and Pluto.

        Juno: Currently in orbit around Jupiter.



        Nasa, (and Esa) have created multiple outer planet probes. But they are costly and there is no reason to repeat what has already been done. So each mission has a different aim and purpose. Often this means not doing a fly-by, but getting the probe in orbit around the planet.



        Uranus and Neptune have not be re-visited. They are very distant. Getting a probe out to them is possible. Getting something out to them in a reasonable amount of time and then getting it in orbit is much harder, and they are, perhaps, less intrinsically interesting than Jupiter and Saturn.



        The voyagers did carry gold disks, but this was not a serious attempt to contact alien intelligence. It has a symbolic purpose. A record of humanity will exist somewhere in the galaxy long after we are gone.






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          It does:



          Galileo: Launched in 1989, orbited Jupiter for 7 years

          Cassini-Huygens: Orbited Saturn for 13 years.

          New Horizons: Fly-by of Jupiter and Pluto.

          Juno: Currently in orbit around Jupiter.



          Nasa, (and Esa) have created multiple outer planet probes. But they are costly and there is no reason to repeat what has already been done. So each mission has a different aim and purpose. Often this means not doing a fly-by, but getting the probe in orbit around the planet.



          Uranus and Neptune have not be re-visited. They are very distant. Getting a probe out to them is possible. Getting something out to them in a reasonable amount of time and then getting it in orbit is much harder, and they are, perhaps, less intrinsically interesting than Jupiter and Saturn.



          The voyagers did carry gold disks, but this was not a serious attempt to contact alien intelligence. It has a symbolic purpose. A record of humanity will exist somewhere in the galaxy long after we are gone.






          share|improve this answer














          It does:



          Galileo: Launched in 1989, orbited Jupiter for 7 years

          Cassini-Huygens: Orbited Saturn for 13 years.

          New Horizons: Fly-by of Jupiter and Pluto.

          Juno: Currently in orbit around Jupiter.



          Nasa, (and Esa) have created multiple outer planet probes. But they are costly and there is no reason to repeat what has already been done. So each mission has a different aim and purpose. Often this means not doing a fly-by, but getting the probe in orbit around the planet.



          Uranus and Neptune have not be re-visited. They are very distant. Getting a probe out to them is possible. Getting something out to them in a reasonable amount of time and then getting it in orbit is much harder, and they are, perhaps, less intrinsically interesting than Jupiter and Saturn.



          The voyagers did carry gold disks, but this was not a serious attempt to contact alien intelligence. It has a symbolic purpose. A record of humanity will exist somewhere in the galaxy long after we are gone.







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              Like James K's answer details, probes have been sent to the outer planets even after the Voyagers.



              However, the specific trajectory used by Voyager missions has not been reused. In fact, it was the specific position of the planets that inspired the whole program, initially called the Grand Tour.



              Voyager trajectory, from Wikipedia (public domain)



              The relative position of the outer planets in their orbits in late 1970's allowed a space probe to visit many of them and to achieve great speeds using a sequence of gravity assist maneuvers. This position only repeats once every 175 years, so it is very likely that future space probes in 2150's will take advantage of it.






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              • There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
                – leftaroundabout
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              Like James K's answer details, probes have been sent to the outer planets even after the Voyagers.



              However, the specific trajectory used by Voyager missions has not been reused. In fact, it was the specific position of the planets that inspired the whole program, initially called the Grand Tour.



              Voyager trajectory, from Wikipedia (public domain)



              The relative position of the outer planets in their orbits in late 1970's allowed a space probe to visit many of them and to achieve great speeds using a sequence of gravity assist maneuvers. This position only repeats once every 175 years, so it is very likely that future space probes in 2150's will take advantage of it.






              share|improve this answer





















              • There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
                – leftaroundabout
                25 mins ago















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              up vote
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              Like James K's answer details, probes have been sent to the outer planets even after the Voyagers.



              However, the specific trajectory used by Voyager missions has not been reused. In fact, it was the specific position of the planets that inspired the whole program, initially called the Grand Tour.



              Voyager trajectory, from Wikipedia (public domain)



              The relative position of the outer planets in their orbits in late 1970's allowed a space probe to visit many of them and to achieve great speeds using a sequence of gravity assist maneuvers. This position only repeats once every 175 years, so it is very likely that future space probes in 2150's will take advantage of it.






              share|improve this answer












              Like James K's answer details, probes have been sent to the outer planets even after the Voyagers.



              However, the specific trajectory used by Voyager missions has not been reused. In fact, it was the specific position of the planets that inspired the whole program, initially called the Grand Tour.



              Voyager trajectory, from Wikipedia (public domain)



              The relative position of the outer planets in their orbits in late 1970's allowed a space probe to visit many of them and to achieve great speeds using a sequence of gravity assist maneuvers. This position only repeats once every 175 years, so it is very likely that future space probes in 2150's will take advantage of it.







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              • There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
                – leftaroundabout
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              • There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
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              There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
              – leftaroundabout
              25 mins ago






              There's not really much point in a “Grand Tour” trajectory any more. Sure, a mission to the outer solar system will always benefit from a gravity assist from Jupiter, but there's not much another flyby at Saturn or Uranus would gain you. For more thorough science than has already been done, you'll need orbiting probes like Galileo / Cassini / Juno. It's really serendipitous that the Grand Tour was possible in exactly the decade where it was most useful.
              – leftaroundabout
              25 mins ago












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              It's a question of science return on investment. As @JamesK's answer notes, NASA has done several orbiters since the Voyagers. You get greater ROI when your probe can stay near the body you're interested and continue to observe it for a long time. The only Voyager type probe in that list is New Horizons, in the sense that Voyager type probes only do a flyby. In the case of Uranus, and points more distant, as @JamesK noted, it's extremely hard to get there in a reasonable time, and then slow down enough to enter orbit. So for them Voyager type probes have an advantage.






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                It's a question of science return on investment. As @JamesK's answer notes, NASA has done several orbiters since the Voyagers. You get greater ROI when your probe can stay near the body you're interested and continue to observe it for a long time. The only Voyager type probe in that list is New Horizons, in the sense that Voyager type probes only do a flyby. In the case of Uranus, and points more distant, as @JamesK noted, it's extremely hard to get there in a reasonable time, and then slow down enough to enter orbit. So for them Voyager type probes have an advantage.






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                  It's a question of science return on investment. As @JamesK's answer notes, NASA has done several orbiters since the Voyagers. You get greater ROI when your probe can stay near the body you're interested and continue to observe it for a long time. The only Voyager type probe in that list is New Horizons, in the sense that Voyager type probes only do a flyby. In the case of Uranus, and points more distant, as @JamesK noted, it's extremely hard to get there in a reasonable time, and then slow down enough to enter orbit. So for them Voyager type probes have an advantage.






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                  It's a question of science return on investment. As @JamesK's answer notes, NASA has done several orbiters since the Voyagers. You get greater ROI when your probe can stay near the body you're interested and continue to observe it for a long time. The only Voyager type probe in that list is New Horizons, in the sense that Voyager type probes only do a flyby. In the case of Uranus, and points more distant, as @JamesK noted, it's extremely hard to get there in a reasonable time, and then slow down enough to enter orbit. So for them Voyager type probes have an advantage.







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