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MrScience  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: TNG Podcast: Space -put to Video

The problem is the vast distances involved and how you develop truly sustainable craft to support a team of people for the many years it would take. Remember that it took almost 7 years for Cassini-Huygens to reach Saturn.





mk  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, I am not suggesting people. Just more robotic missions. Of course, they'd need a nuclear decay-based battery like Curiosity due to the extreme distance. I think it will be a very long time before humans get that far from the Earth.