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On 2024-12-27 06:03:24 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
> 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

Mr Google says it is Ray Bradbury's "The Golden Apples of the Sun", 
which is an anthology of 22 short stories, so I don't know which story 
it is from.