https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2303.14917/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40688397urn:hackerpapers:mention:2303.14917:40688397Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:43:14 GMT<p>&gt; There is 0 chance anything will catch up to it in the next 50 years, and probably for several hundred more years after that, if ever. That is a bit pessimistic. There is this paper [1] by JPL and Nasa folks discussing the possibilites of sun-diving solar small satelites. They think that speeds of around 7 AU/year are possible. Voyager 1 is escaping the solar system at 3.6 AU/year. With those speeds catching up to Voyager 1 withing 50 year would be doable. Realistically since we are not quite ready to launch it just yet it is more likely we would miss that 50 year window but I feel better…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2303.14917/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.EP