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chrisisasavage
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NASA to Visit the Sun
| Quote From Source: | "We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time," says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta of NASA Headquarters. "This is an unexplored region of the solar system and the possibilities for discovery are off the charts."
The name of the mission is Solar Probe+ (pronounced "Solar Probe plus"). It's a heat-resistant spacecraft designed to plunge deep into the sun's atmosphere where it can sample solar wind and magnetism first hand. Launch could happen as early as 2015. By the time the mission ends 7 years later, planners believe Solar Probe+ will solve two great mysteries of astrophysics and make many new discoveries along the way.
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I figure the gravity of the sun will crush the probe. Or it will get blown to bits by a solar storm before it ever gets close.
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chrisisasavage
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I was thinking the same thing, but it's interesting. |
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