Re: space news from June 6 AW&ST

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1988 19:25

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In article <3821@h.cc.purdue.edu> acu@h.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Floyd McWilliams) writes:
>	Re the planned Jupiter-Pluto flight by the Voyager spare:
>How long would such a flight take?  Since Pluto is now closer to the
>sun than Neptune, would it take much longer than the 12-year trip by
>Voyager 2?  ...

I don't remember the numbers, and there may even have been a Saturn
encounter in the middle, but yeah, it was a fairly rapid trip.  Maybe
even faster than Voyager 2, because Uranus is actually not on a direct
course for Neptune.
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Subject: Re: space news from June 6 AW&ST
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