Solar Probe headed to the Sun - 125 miles per second - 2,600 degrees


	Solar Probe headed to the Sun - 125 miles per second - 2,600 degrees

alanocu

5-2-2008 1:20 PM

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space exploration, sun, probe, messenger, spacecraft, nasa

alanocu says:

The spacecraft fortified with heat-resistant technologies is going closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone.

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5-2-2008 5:09 PM

swampfoxz

I would have thought that they would be pursuing more practical ideas by now.Moon colonization for example.
Maybe we could find oil. lol

5-2-2008 6:49 PM

alanocu

Ah, but moon colonization is small potatoes now.

Just imagine the places Xenu and the Scientologists have explored in this vast universe

Boggles the mind, well, at least my mind, in more ways than one!

5-2-2008 8:31 PM

mugofcoffee

wow...what a piece of info? wonderful...thanks

5-3-2008 5:58 PM

merrie

can we have a little heat, please?

5-4-2008 6:52 PM

syncopath

that sounds hot ....

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