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Post date: Sep 06, 2010 10:46:45 AM
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
Comment:
Not everything should be tried
in the name of science:
To shoot an object size of car
into the SUN may have unknown
effects, which we never considered
up to now ?
Next negative step ?
Shooting nuclear waste from
Earth into the Sun (France)
Where do we think Mr. Goethe
Scientists hope to launch the Solar Probe Plus (SPP) sometime before 2018. Before it is destroyed by the sizzling temperatures exceeding 1,400C (2,550F), the craft will have to obtain valuable data about our parent star.The solar probe project is expected to cost in the region of about $180m
source: bbc.co.uk
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Solar Probe will literally slice through a bit of the Sun's atmosphere,
Lika Guhathakurta, Solar Probe Plus programme scientist at Nasa Headquarters in Washington DC, said that "for the very first time, we'll be able to touch, taste and smell our Sun."
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