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Voyager is only traveling at 17km/s because of orbital maneuvers. These thrusters would probably not be used for delta-v. However, they would be great for reliable attitude control. Currently attitude is controlled with reaction wheels, small fuel based thrusters or magnetorquers or some combination. Reaction wheels fail, fuel based thrusters run out of fuel, and magnetorquers are weak.


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