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If we were to build the Voyager space craft today would it be orders of magnitude better than the 1977 version or are there limitations (e.g. power source, propulsion, sensors, etc) that keep us from really improving this design?
gpt
I imagine the instrumentation would be fantastic! one drawback, however is that voyager took advantage of the "grand tour". the planets had lined up nicely as to allow NASA to plot a course with several "gravitational slingshots" to accelerate the probe beyond escape velocity. we won't have another planetary arrangement that good for a long time. so we'd have to have a hell of a lot more propulsion on it to get it out there.