NASA Launching Spacecraft Into the Sun

[haru_00]

You can't blame cadder..... some people are retarded

 

[apache_lives]

Just to be safe send it at night ^^

 

[Ciuy]

good news

 

[david__t]

The Sun's Corona (as defined by the bit we see during an eclipse) is way hotter than 2700F - it is actually several million degrees C - much hotter than the surface and something that Scientists are still puzzled by.

 

[dochood]

Did you hear about the blonde scientists wanting to send a MANNED space mission to the sun? They were told it wouldn't work, the sun is too hot, the ship would burn up, killing everyone on board. They said, "That's okay, we've got that figured out. We're going at night."

 

[maydaynomore]

"Wired reports that the UK Space Agency also has plans to send a probe to the sun to carry out similar tasks, and if all goes according to plan, their spacecraft will launch in 2017, a year before the NASA probe."
What!? Why send two probes, when 1 will do. We should be combining our capabilities, not race each other like some idiots in the old days. Imagine if the whole world contributed to a project like this. No single country would have to bare the whole cost of research. But in reality: Russia, China, Japan, Germany, France, NKorea.... will send their probes to the sun in the next 5 years and on their way to the sun they will collide and become space junk, or it will be the true beginning of Star Wars: The Battle of the Sun-Probes.

 

[cmartin011]

it sounds like a fun project, it will be interesting to see what they use for materials and instruments, plus all the data they collect. this sounds like a project id like to try lol

 

[coleipoo]

They should make the craft out of old Game Boys. Ninetendium is indestructible.

 

[neilnh]

Solar Probe Plus? Really? What happened to the cool NASA names like Voyager, Mariner, Pioneer, Gemini, Sojourner, etc. Solar Probe Plus sounds like a translation of a Chinese ripoff probe.

 

[rolled]

Lets hope nasa doesn't forget to convert to newtons again.

 

[HalJordan]

[citation][nom]random_guy417[/nom][/quote]There will be no night for the probe. The sun is always on. Night is a result of Earth spinning on its axis. Half of Earth is in day while the other half is in night.[/citation]

Others commented on this, however, I must ask... are you serious, were you born without a sense of humor? Are you a robot desperately trying to understand human emotions?

 

[eyemaster]

The temperatures won't be so bad... at the speed the probe is going, the wind will cool it down... Oh wait!

 

[xnashx]

This would be interesting to watch but of course when this does launch...it'll probably be a while before they would release the data.

 

[FUtomNOreg]

[citation][nom]the_krasno[/nom]Well, solar power is not going to be an issue there! I hope they find out those things. It's not really useful to us, but it's interesting. Curiosity, not money, should be the drive for a scientific mind![/citation]

I don't mean any disrespect(seriously ...

It is useful because finding these things out may prove vital for power generation (possibly fusion).

If such discoveries were to solve power generation issues it would lead to a cascade of problems solved.

Virtually inexhaustible power supply:

-> Hydrogen becomes viable as a consumer fuel source(despite conversion losses).
-> Fresh water can be distilled from seawater to drink and irrigate at will.
-> Recycling can reach further when electricity isn't an issue.

I'm not saying it would be a cure all, but it would go a long way.

 

[ronch79]

They'd better attach a large fan/heatsink on this thing to cool it down.

 

[trkorecky]

Just build the craft out of Fermi parts, you can take it straight to the sun's core.

Oh, wait....

 

[Tmanishere]

Every time I see Spacecraft in the title, I can't help but think it's something about Starcraft.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]How about parking a few solar panels in orbit round the Sun, then having a reeeeeealy long cable stretching back to EarthFree Energy![/citation]
Step 1) Send spaceship to orbit sun
Step 2) ....
Step 3) Free Energy!

 

[samadkins29]

NASA is such a waste of money, why do we waste money on things that are irrelevant, when we cant even figure out how to live properly here on earth.....

 

[utengineer]

But can the Solar Probe Plus play Crysis?