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The history and current status of heliospheric physics are outlined very briefly. It is emphasized that the existing Voyager Interstellar Mission should go a long way to answering many of the outstanding questions during the next one or two decades, especially those concerning the nature and structure of the solar wind termination shock.
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Axford, W.I. (1996). The Heliosphere. In: Von Steiger, R., Lallement, R., Lee, M.A. (eds) The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium. Space Science Series of ISSI, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1782-8_2
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