threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to NASA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWe’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first timearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11cross-posted to: quarks@startrek.website
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkWe’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first timearstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to NASA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: quarks@startrek.website
minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoHopefully they do it at night so the craft doesn’t burn.
minus-squarenotabot@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThat’s a really good point, but wouldn’t that be on the other side of the sun? They’ll need to wait for the probe to go all the way around before they get their data. I imagine that’d be really tense.
Hopefully they do it at night so the craft doesn’t burn.
That’s a really good point, but wouldn’t that be on the other side of the sun? They’ll need to wait for the probe to go all the way around before they get their data. I imagine that’d be really tense.