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user-inactivated · 3282 days ago · link · · parent · post: New Horizons is aiming for its next target!
Neither is Pluto if we are being technically correct. Uranus and Neptune should be our next serious targets. Both are mostly unexplored and have moons that are worth exploring all on their own. The problem is that we need RTG's to power them and due to nuclear weapons regs, that is... complicated There are also 4-5 asteroids in the main belt that are worth sending something to orbit and see what is there, and the Jovian Icy Moons missions, etc. But I'd throw all my votes to the Ice Giants missions.Edit: psh, Eris isn't even in the ecliptic plane, nvm