Pioneer Odyssey

THERE ARE CERTAIN human enterprises that seem, from the very beginning, to be touched with a certain élan that distinguishes them from others. Those of us who have had the pleasure to be associated with the Pioneer project have long felt that it belongs in this group. There is about Pioneer 10 and 11 a simplicity in concept and an elegance in design and execution that clearly transcends the ordinary.
These Pioneer spacecraft are unique: Pioneer 10 is the first spacecraft to fly beyond the or...