[Interview] Planning a Mission to Uranus

Universe Today Podcast · Jun 16, 2025 · 42m

We never came back to Uranus after the Voyager 2 flyby in 1986. It's time to come back. But what will it take to organise a mission to Uranus? What priorities will it have and when can it launch? Finding out in this interview.😍 [Interview+] Same video. No YT ads.https://www.patreon.com/universetoday🟣 Guest: Dr. Amy Simonhttps://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/amy.a.simon00:00 Intro02:11 What have we learned since Voyager05:58 Requests for the mission15:59 Planning a modern-day mission24:22 LUCY mission29:38 OSIRIS-ReX37:52 Current obsessions40:47 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO…