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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: xkcd: Sun Avoidance
Date: 27 Dec 2024 22:19:46 GMT
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In article <vklfvd$3f03b$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/26/2024 3:57 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <vkkf06$34sri$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> xkcd: Sun Avoidance
>>>     https://www.xkcd.com/3029/
>>>
>>> “The comic shows the end of a table of human missions, both terrestrial
>>> and space-based, ranked by how far they stayed away from the Sun.”
>>>
>>> “This comic was posted the day after December 24, 2024, when the Parker
>>> Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun. As a result, it has
>>> set a new record for the worst failure in solar avoidance. This mission
>>> needs to be really close to the Sun so it can make close-up analysis of
>>> its corona and magnetic field. It has been engineered with special solar
>>> shields to protect it from the extreme heat and radiation.”
>>>
>>> Explained at:
>>>     https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3029:_Sun_Avoidance
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>> 
>>      "North," murmured the captain. "North."
>
>What book is that ?  Please it is not a book about a whale.
>
>Lynn
>

Bradbury: "The Golden Apples Of The Sun".  Collected in a number of places.
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