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EU Sending a Probe To the Sun

Posted by samzenpus on from the hot-science dept.

First time accepted submitter Mindflux0 writes "The European Union is going forward with the proposed Solar Orbiter, a space probe designed to study the sun. The probe will orbit closer to the sun than any other man-made object at a sizzling 42 million km. It's planned to launch in 2017 for close to a billion euros."

4 of 160 comments (clear)

  1. Re:OMG! somebody PLEASE tell me! by CycleMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have told them it is safe to go to the sun as we will send them at night.

  2. Re:OMG! somebody PLEASE tell me! by OakDragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't worry, they're going at... DAMMIT!

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  3. Take that Rupert! by Hatta · · Score: 3, Funny

    First the News of the World, and now this.

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  4. EAT IT, EU! by Thud457 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am orbiting the Sun!
    right now.

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