Posted on 10/17/2019 10:32:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
copy that.
Our spacecraft travel at nearly half a million miles an hour towards the sun?
*ping*
Thanks!
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NASAs Parker Solar Probe is a 1,500-lb. computer a little smaller than a compact car, but in the years ahead, it will reach speeds of 430,000 miles per hour in order to pass through the edge of the sun itself. Getting there is no easy task, and neither is understanding the journey.
https://qz.com/1353429/the-parker-solar-probe-is-the-fastest-man-made-object-ever/
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