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NASA Plans Probe to the Sun

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hope-they-bring-suntan-lotion dept.

FudRucker writes "For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there. 'We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time,' says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta of NASA Headquarters. 'This is an unexplored region of the solar system and the possibilities for discovery are off the charts.'"

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  1. Yet another waste of taxpayer dollars by Darth_brooks · · Score: -1, Troll

    Whoopity freaking do. Another overpriced space Roomba blasted to some distant site. I mean, it's not even a manned mission. What a waste.

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