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[Interview] Planning a Mission to Uranus

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Episode [Interview] Planning a Mission to Uranus

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We never came back to Uranus after the Voyager 2 flyby in 1986. It's time to come back. But what will it take to organise a mission to Uranus? What priorities will it have and when can it launch? Finding out in this interview.

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Amy Simon https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/amy.a.simon

00:00 Intro 02:11 What have we learned since Voyager 05:58 Requests for the mission 15:59 Planning a modern-day mission 24:22 LUCY mission 29:38 OSIRIS-ReX 37:52 Current obsessions 40:47 Final thoughts

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