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>>belter+(OP)
Why aren't there more space ships like voyager 2, going outside the solar system but still providing some signal?

It's got to be possible to launch some in space now and have them go faster than voyager 2, so that the outside can be explored faster?

>>Aardwo+vY1
> Why aren't there more space ships like voyager 2, going outside the solar system but still providing some signal?

Because that part is a side benefit not worth launching for, and the main motivation (grand tour of the outer planets) for the Voyagers relied on a once-in-175-years alignment of the planets.

But maybe we’ll have nice probes ready to launch in the 2150s next time the alignment happens.