Monday, 4 December 2023

Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt (Illustration)


If spacecraft are to visit the outer solar system, they must cross the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Pioneer mission was faced with the question of just how dangerous this asteroid belt would be to a spacecraft passing through it. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZETxuvi
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