Könnten wir eine Mission starten, um Interstellar Comet 3i/Atlas zu verfolgen?
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-we-launch-a-mission-to-chase-down-interstellar-comet-3iatlas?fbclid=IwVERFWAMn87lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqDK0CRlmIMcFFUxNfI3UIyOZY7WxXMqt3xooIhb30ochiz11HBmy8q4dn8y_aem_EGP1zd08vXWknmjVWzqT
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Don’t need to launch anything, they can repurpose the JUNO probe and intercept it with that. The probe is at nearing the end of its mission as it is and could send some great data back on this comet.
No, we could not (realistically) build and launch a mission to intercept an interstellar comet.
It would really depend on if we had any oil rig crews currently on furlough who could lend their talents.
With funding and the political climate as it is right now, I am happy if we just do the planned NASA missions
Honestly, I think there is a better chance that Trump puts hefty tariffs against the moon.
60kps and accelerating? I don’t think we can launch anything meaningful at that speed.
I believe Neil DeGrasse Tyson discussed this on one of his Star Talk podcast episodes. He said it’s simply moving too fast relative to our solar system for us to intercept it. Even with the best planetary alignment we couldn’t do it, and the current alignment would not be even close to optimal.