Nasa to launch Solar Probe Plus mission to the surface of the SUN to protect Earth[tr]

The Sun ^ | 27th February 2017, 12:10 pm | MARGI MURPHY

[COBOL2Java]

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Massive solar flares have the potential to shut down power grids on Earth and wreak havoc on navigation systems

NASA is gearing up to send a robot to the Sun to help prepare for a “huge solar event” that could wreak havoc on Earth

The Solar Plus Probe will come within four million miles of the sun’s surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft has endured before.

[cynwoody]

I think that you can only land on the darkside.

The dark side of Mercury gets down to -280°F (no atmosphere and long nights, so the radiative cooling gets extreme).

[Rebelbase]

A Mercury night is 58 earth days long.

[Secret Agent Man]

:)

[wally_bert]

Glad someone else remembered that movie.

[jr3000]

“””Why don’t they land it at night?”””

Obama already tried that.

[WENDLE]

this is make work. We are totally beyond broke. We need to build our military and I want my damned taxes cut and THE WALL!! Huge cuts coming for jokes like this.

[Cementjungle]

Why don’t they land it at night?

It gets so cold at night on the sun that the instruments would freeze up.

[BwanaNdege]

... so the radiative cooling gets extreme

I'm in tropical Central American at the moment. Earlier this week we had a very clear night so I took my IR thermometer outside and pointed it up at the sky.

Minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit!

[Klemper]

HAHAHA! It would take too much fuel to get around to the other side! =)

[dontreadthis]

“Why don’t they land it at night?”
probably because they would not be able to see where it is going

[Calvin Locke]

Ever read this: [wiki] Sundiver?

[Secret Agent Man]

So weird i watched it a couple days ago. Eyeball camera, activate!

[editor-surveyor]

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Time to pull the plug on NASA.

They’re spending our money to defeat us.
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[Reily]

From a dramatic standpoint a good film. The science in it is absurd! It presents the sun as some giant BIC lighter in need of flint & fuel!

[UCANSEE2]

Anyone see the movie Sunshine?

Six times.

[dsrtsage]

Type “ Carrington Event” into google

[UCANSEE2]

[MisterArtery]

Hey, we’ll be on the far side of the sun in six months.

[buckalfa]

Will the spacecraft be coated in SPF infinity sunscreen?

[UCANSEE2]

Eyeball camera, activate!