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posted by takyon on Wednesday May 31 2017, @02:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the flying-money-into-the-sun dept.

NASA will discuss its plans for the Solar Probe Plus soon (11 AM EDT, 3 PM UTC):

NASA will make an announcement about the agency's first mission to fly directly into our sun's atmosphere during an event at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 31, from the University of Chicago's William Eckhardt Research Center Auditorium. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Both the Solar Probe Plus and ESA's Solar Orbiter are planned to launch in 2018.

Update: They renamed Solar Probe Plus to "Parker Solar Probe" after Eugene Parker, a living scientist who developed the theory of solar wind.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday May 31 2017, @05:22PM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday May 31 2017, @05:22PM (#518387)

    From my experience, that includes most politicians, corporate executives, police, car salesmen, churchgoers, telemarketers, and software developers.

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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday May 31 2017, @11:00PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Wednesday May 31 2017, @11:00PM (#518555) Journal

    That settles it. I'm building a rocket.