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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
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> And if one needs any object lesson on how little wings matter
> on a real spacecraft, one need only look at the fastest craft ever
> created by mankind--Voyager 2.
Uhh... I thought that Pioneer 10 held that record[1], being slightly faster
than Voyager 2 - but I might have been told that before a couple of crucial
gravitational slingshots in Voyager's journey. If anyone has a reference to
some reasonably definitive and relevant material that'd be great.
--
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
[1] Of course, Voyager holds the *gold* record..... ;-)
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