NASA is about to finish a four year proof of concept study designed to work out mission objectives for the next interstellar probe.
The goal, as it turns out, is to confirm the shape of the heliosphere, examine the interstellar medium, and measure cosmic rays.
Of course, while NASA has a good amount of money, NASA also has a plethora of ideas; any probe won't be launched for about 10 years, and it won't leave the solar system for about 15 years after that.
And the mission won't complete in my life time, although I should at least see part of it. The full mission profile?
50 years.
Because space is too darn big.
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