The technology in 1977 was amazingly primitive to what we have today and yet the brilliant scientists at NASA got a spaceship outside of our solar system? And who's to say Voyager 2 won't do the same?
If the two crafts hadn't launched when they did then we wouldn't have seen two of these planets until around 2150. Sobering thought.
I really do think that, if we hadn't done this, then there would have been no New Horizons visiting Pluto or most of the Mars missions.
We're lucky that Nixon had a limited vision for giving the go-ahead for this mission back in 1972 and Jimmy Carter for starting the process with the moon landing back in 1969.
This documentary is a fascinating insight into the 12 year mission plan to get from launch to leaving Neptune's orbit. If you're a space junkie like me then you have to watch this.
If the two crafts hadn't launched when they did then we wouldn't have seen two of these planets until around 2150. Sobering thought.
I really do think that, if we hadn't done this, then there would have been no New Horizons visiting Pluto or most of the Mars missions.
We're lucky that Nixon had a limited vision for giving the go-ahead for this mission back in 1972 and Jimmy Carter for starting the process with the moon landing back in 1969.
This documentary is a fascinating insight into the 12 year mission plan to get from launch to leaving Neptune's orbit. If you're a space junkie like me then you have to watch this.