NASA Preps Closest-Ever Sun Mission 111
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coondoggie writes "NASA today said it had picked five experiments that will ride aboard one of its most ambitious space missions to explore the Sun. The Solar Probe, a car-sized spacecraft, is scheduled to launch no later than 2018 and will fly closer to the Sun's surface than any other probe, NASA stated. Ultimately the spacecraft's goals are to help scientists understand why the sun's outer atmosphere so much hotter than the sun's visible surface and what propels the solar wind that affects Earth and our solar system, NASA said."
Re:When it comes to naming the mission... (Score:4, Insightful)
I was thinking that they stole Hotblack Desiato's stuntship.
Re:Pfst... (Score:3, Insightful)
I got it straight away, but them I'm not American.
I understand that in American hopsitals, right after birth they automatically chop off all the baby's body parts that have been deemed 'potentially troublesome'. Foreskin, sarcasm gland, taste buds, etc. etc.