I would not assume that. You could equally well assume that:
1) There are diminishing returns on investment, as we go further out. We'd need to go exponentially further out to get useful information.
2) The sensors on the craft are old, and modern methods can tell us more from far away then ancient sensors from deep space.
... and so on. I'm not going to argue about which assumption is best, because intuitions will differ. I was hoping to get a concrete answer from someone who might know rather than was speculating.
Ergo, the question.
I was hoping for an answer of the form "Nope. It's not worth throwing it away, but it's pretty obsolete now." or "Yup. We recently learned that ____" (fill in the blank).
aixpert|1 year ago
and then there is always the faint hope of unexpected surprises
frognumber|1 year ago
1) There are diminishing returns on investment, as we go further out. We'd need to go exponentially further out to get useful information.
2) The sensors on the craft are old, and modern methods can tell us more from far away then ancient sensors from deep space.
... and so on. I'm not going to argue about which assumption is best, because intuitions will differ. I was hoping to get a concrete answer from someone who might know rather than was speculating.
Ergo, the question.
I was hoping for an answer of the form "Nope. It's not worth throwing it away, but it's pretty obsolete now." or "Yup. We recently learned that ____" (fill in the blank).