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We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Finally, we're sending somebody to save those brave helium miners.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100680

Just gonna leave this here πŸ˜‰

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Into the Sun's atmosphere, not into the Sun.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

We'll see what happens I guess.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

;_;7

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That's cute af, how have I never seen that before

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Please let Elon Musk be on board. Please!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No need to waste a good scientific mission.

We can deal with him (and other oligarchs and their collaborators) on earth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Soylent billionaires: food for the rich.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The rich will happily eat each other. Musk has made it abundantly clear that they are trying to make one person have all the wealth

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Elon has too much mass, couldn't do it on NASA's budget.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Think they will find Icarus 1 on the way there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I can hear that distress beacon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Hey, my name is on that probe! Good luck with the solar plunge little dude!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh no! What if it pops!?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Don't be silly, it'll gently inflate and then float away carried by the heat waves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

galactic fart noise

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even Sun can't have some privacy nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Right up in there, no lube, nuthin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The sun was flat and we didn't expect it!

\s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

"into the sun"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Is xelon going to be on it??? please please please please please