Elon Musk's SpaceX could probe Uranus on NASA's flagship mission

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Could SpaceX be heading to Uranus next? The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine seems to think it should.

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The organization has released its latest decadal survey of planetary science and astrobiology.

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According to a report by Teslarati published on Wednesday, the survey hints that NASA should undertake a flagship mission to Uranus on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.

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The mission is not entirely new. Called the Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP), the proposal has been under work for several years by a team

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that includes scientists from NASA, the University of California, and Johns Hopkins University.

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Now, with SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the researchers feel they have the technology to make their long-held dream a reality.

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