Beschrijving
Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto in 1986. Instead, NASA scientists made a deliberate choice that took the ninth planet off the table entirely. While Voyager became the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, the most famous spacecraft in history didn't miss Pluto by accident. It almost went. In this video, we're going back to 1980 to uncover one of the biggest "what ifs" in space exploration. A story involving Voyager 1, Pluto, Titan, and a single human decision that changed the future of planetary exploration forever. Could Voyager really have been the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto? And if they had the choice... why did NASA consciously decide to sacrifice Pluto?
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Why Didn't Voyager Visit Pluto?
01:02 – The Cosmic Slingshot
03:25 – The Path to Pluto
06:01 – The Greater Mystery
08:27 – A World that Waited
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