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Nasa rethinks probe to the Sun
BBC News On Line ^ | July 22, 2004 | By Paul Rincon, BBC News Online science staff, in Paris

Posted on 07/25/2004 4:00:40 PM PDT by aculeus

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To: ValerieUSA; aculeus
Over the years, many spacecraft designs have been put forward, but they can largely be grouped into two categories: the "dunce cap" and the "parabola"... The definition team will also be adjusting the project outline to fit the current political climate.
hey, what did they mean by that? PARTISAN BIAS!!! ;')


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21 posted on 07/25/2004 5:29:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: Dog Gone
slather the satellite with Coppertone and it's good to go.

Do you have any idea what aerospace-grade Coppertone costs!!!!

22 posted on 07/25/2004 5:32:32 PM PDT by snopercod (What we have lost will not be returned to us.)
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To: al baby
no way go when its cloudy

There are no clouds on the sun, silly. It would rain and put the sun out!

23 posted on 07/25/2004 5:53:19 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: snopercod

I would design the satelite with car doors. When it gets too close to the sun and it gets hot, they can roll down the windows and let it cool off.


24 posted on 07/25/2004 5:58:12 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 ("Give up and Win" : The Left's rally cry about Iraq.)
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To: aculeus

If they want to make it a perfect 1 AU orbit I've got some room in my backyard.


25 posted on 07/25/2004 5:58:25 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: aculeus

But at least it's dry heat.


26 posted on 07/25/2004 6:03:12 PM PDT by razorbak
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To: sharktrager

Nah, they need to plan for a night landing.


27 posted on 07/25/2004 7:02:18 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Insert comment A in tagline B)
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To: aculeus

"Anybody NOT wearing 2 billion sunblock is gonna have a REAL bad day!"


28 posted on 07/25/2004 7:05:28 PM PDT by asgardshill ("I like the yellow ones")
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To: razorbak

It's not the heat, it's the humidity.


29 posted on 07/25/2004 7:08:50 PM PDT by thoughtomator (End the imperialist moo slime colonization of the West!)
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To: thoughtomator

So you mean it's a dry heat?


30 posted on 07/25/2004 7:52:23 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Insert comment A in tagline B)
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To: JRios1968

I would, if someone hadn't already used that joke...


31 posted on 07/25/2004 8:13:37 PM PDT by thoughtomator (End the imperialist moo slime colonization of the West!)
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To: Billthedrill
If they want to make it a perfect 1 AU orbit I've got some room in my backyard.

LOL!

32 posted on 07/25/2004 8:32:48 PM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: aculeus

I'd send Michael Moore, but I'm afraid the gravity well around Moore will stretch the Sun too much.


33 posted on 07/25/2004 8:58:50 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("Laws are the spider webs through which the big bugs fly past and the little ones get caught.")
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To: kidd
They should try landing on the North pole of the sun because its not quite as hot.

The South Pole I heard is even cooler, if I'm not mistaken during the winter it's been known to get a little snow in the mountains.

34 posted on 07/25/2004 9:16:57 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Blue Screen of Death

It's cooler at night, but you may need a flashlight.


35 posted on 07/25/2004 9:24:02 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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