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NASA Announces First Mission to the Sun Set to Begin in 2018
Topic Started: Oct 30 2017, 08:06 PM (259 Views)
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My Dear Melancholy,

http://ktla.com/2017/05/31/nasa-announces-sun-exploration-mission-set-to-begin-in-2018/amp/

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Wearing a nearly 5-inch thick coat of carbon-composite solar shields, NASA's Solar Probe Plus will explore the sun's atmosphere in a mission that begins in the summer of 2018.

It's not a journey that any human can make, so NASA is sending a roughly 10-foot-high probe on the historic mission that will put it closer to the sun than any spacecraft has ever reached before.

The probe will have to withstand heat and radiation never before experienced by any spacecraft, but the specially designed mission will also address questions that couldn't be answered before. Understanding the sun in greater detail can also shed light on Earth and its place in the solar system, researchers said.

This is NASA's first mission to the sun and its outermost atmosphere, called the corona.

On Wednesday, the craft -- initially called the Solar Probe Plus -- was renamed the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker.

"This is the first time NASA has named a spacecraft for a living individual," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "It's a testament to the importance of his body of work, founding a new field of science that also inspired my own research and many important science questions NASA continues to study and further understand every day. I'm very excited to be personally involved honoring a great man and his unprecedented legacy."



It's more to read on the link provided. But a lot of science stuff I don't get. I would love for the science smarty pants to help with opinions and thoughts.
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As long as they go at night
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Greetings. I will be your waifu this season.

I mean, it's cool but I'll probably be dead before it gets there so not majorly interested :rofl:
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It's not that far Steve. 149 million km. Mars is 227.


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Steve
Oct 30 2017, 09:09 PM
I mean, it's cool but I'll probably be dead before it gets there so not majorly interested :rofl:
From the article "The mission is scheduled to end in June 2025."

It's not manned so it can go a lot faster.

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You can't go to the sun. It's too hot. What are people thinking these days?
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The day the probe arrives is gonna be a sunny day.

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They should send me.

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