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A is being designed spaceship that would go so far for decades. It will reach the area of space where Sun it had no effect and was further into the interstellar region.
Astronomers at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University have published a design for the probe, which will remain alive for the next 50 to 100 years.
“This probe will fly the farthest and fastest, it will span space between us and a neighboring star, discovering unexplored areas,” the astronomers were quoted as saying. detikINET from India Today.
Particles from the Sun or often called the solar wind, can reach three times the distance between the Sun and Pluto. Beyond that, the particle has no effect, so the area known as the interstellar medium begins.
Well, this vehicle will explore up to that area. The launch date is likely to be between 2036 and 2042. The fuel is supplied by miniature nuclear plants called Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs).
After operating for about 50 years and covering a distance of 1,000 astronomical units from Sun, the plane will still continue to advance into the interstellar or interstellar medium.
Estimated cost is USD 1.62 billion, when launched later it will get to the Moon’s orbit in just 6.5 hours and get to Jupiter in 7 months. With special maneuvers, the gravity of Jupiter will help it shoot so powerfully that it can reach a distance of 1 billion kilometers per year.
There have been several NASA spacecraft that have reached such great distances, for example Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. However, future aircraft are more sophisticated and will focus on research on what phenomena occur in interstellar space.
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