We don't talk about NASA much these days. I remember when I was a kid we were all about the astronauts and the research that NASA was doing and going to the moon and stuff.
NASA has released photo's of the Suns surface that are really interesting. From the press release:
“These unprecedented pictures of the Sun are the closest we have ever obtained,” said Holly Gilbert, NASA project scientist for the mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “These amazing images will help scientists piece together the Sun’s atmospheric layers, which is important for understanding how it drives space weather near the Earth and throughout the solar system.”
“We didn’t expect such great results so early,” said Daniel Müller, ESA’s Solar Orbiter project scientist. “These images show that Solar Orbiter is off to an excellent start.”
They issued photo's of little "campfires" that are mini solar flares that must have a significant effect on the earth. It is all very interesting.When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut. Not for the ticker tape parades. Not for finding new things. Not to go where no man had gone before. I wanted to be an astronaut for one reason and one reason only:
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Lousy recording, but a relevant point.
Or, perhaps like Jeannie, two relevant points.
Do you suppose they sent the satellite at night so that it wouldn't get burned up?
The craft's name is Icharus.
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