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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Mt Shasta on Uranian moon!!
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Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 04:28:58 EST
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In article <578@smeagol.UUCP> earle@smeagol.UUCP (Greg Earle) writes:
[in response to someone's question as to why we don't head out to Uranus
again as soon as possible]
>because it so happens that the relative positioning of Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus,
>that allowed Voyager to make it to Uranus in 'only' 8.5 years, only happens
>once in *175* years, and it's happening *now*.

I believe that refers to the Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune configuration.
I do not have figures, but surely a single slingshot Earth to Jupiter to
Uranus does not have an unreasonably rare launch window or long journey.

I think the only real delay is money and will.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720