Fly-by missions: what is the point when we have the technology to go into orbit?
- Written by The Conversation
Preparation of Mariner 4 before its fly-by of Mars, exactly 50 years ago.NASA/JPLNew Horizons' fly-by of Pluto and its moons is the latest in a historic string of missions to objects in the solar system. But given that a fly-by lasts for just a short time, how much can we really get out of it? There’s no doubt that the mission will yield a...







