We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
“Quite simply, we want to find the birthplace of the solar wind.”…

finitebanjo @lemmy.world Finally, we're sending somebody to save those brave helium miners.
22 0 ReplyBrundleFly2077 @sh.itjust.works https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100680
Just gonna leave this here 😉
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adaveinthelife @lemmy.ca Into the Sun's atmosphere, not into the Sun.
21 0 ReplyCocodapuf @lemmy.world We'll see what happens I guess.
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EtherWhack @lemmy.world
;_;7
13 0 Replya_toasters_oven @lemmy.world That's cute af, how have I never seen that before
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Gloria @sh.itjust.works Please let Elon Musk be on board. Please!
14 5 ReplyAlphane Moon @lemmy.world OP
No need to waste a good scientific mission.
We can deal with him (and other oligarchs and their collaborators) on earth.
8 0 ReplyMiles O'Brien @startrek.website
Soylent billionaires: food for the rich.
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Cocodapuf @lemmy.world Elon has too much mass, couldn't do it on NASA's budget.
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.Donuts @lemmy.world
Think they will find Icarus 1 on the way there?
5 0 Replyshalafi @lemmy.world I can hear that distress beacon.
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David From Space @orbiting.observer
Hey, my name is on that probe! Good luck with the solar plunge little dude!
4 0 ReplyLawyerator @lemmy.world Oh no! What if it pops!?
4 0 ReplyOptional @lemmy.world Don't be silly, it'll gently inflate and then float away carried by the heat waves.
2 0 ReplyAgent641 @lemmy.world galactic fart noise
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vane @lemmy.world Even Sun can't have some privacy nowadays.
4 0 ReplyAgent641 @lemmy.world Right up in there, no lube, nuthin
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Valmond @lemmy.world The sun was flat and we didn't expect it!
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3 1 ReplyZier @fedia.io
Is xelon going to be on it??? please please please please please
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