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Neptune Odyssey: why we need to visit an ice giant

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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Kirby and brenda rine joined us to talk about their work on the neptune odyssey. The study was part of a larger effort by nassa to look into what it would take to send an orbiter to the solar system's ice giants. It is important that we return to one or both of these worlds, uranus and neptune, that have only been visited really once ever by spacecraft. We've heard from so many guests who want to see a mission to either urnus or neptune.

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