3 ms·
> kinda amazed no one's ever just thrown a probe at the sun [...] before it burns The answer is somewhat simply that it burns real quick. These guys made the h
by lucideer 6y ago
> kinda amazed no one's ever just thrown a probe at the sun [...] before it burns
The answer is somewhat simply that it burns real quick. These guys made the heat shield for this thing and have some decent insights: http://enbio.eu/solar-orbiter/ http://enbio.eu/solar-orbiter/
- mnw21cam 6y agoAlso, it takes a heck of a lot of rocket fuel to just throw a probe at the Sun. More than to send it out of the solar system.