So long Parker Solar Probe....

[Reeferdood]

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Finally launched one of the most challenging missions to date this morning from Cape Canaveral. This encapsulation process was one of the most challenging I have done in the 25 years in the business...
Im thinking the beers will be flowing this afternoon along with the grill and even a few laps in the pool..
Cheers.

 

[Maritimer]

Congratulations ... amazing project!

~Bruce

 

[Erica-Renee]

The only thing that could make this more awesome is if i was going for a ride in there

 

[Reeferdood]

The only thing that could make this more awesome is if i was going for a ride in there

That would be a one way ticket...

 

[cracker]

This is very interesting & congrats ! I can't imagine all the Kbillions of aspects needed to do this. Every single part /function has to work flawlessly ! So how long will it take to reach it's destination? Some million miles above the sun !

 

[Reeferdood]

This is very interesting & congrats ! I can't imagine all the Kbillions of aspects needed to do this. Every single part /function has to work flawlessly ! So how long will it take to reach it's destination? Some million miles above the sun !

It will be there sooner than you think, it will orbit the sun and collect it's data there...

 

[Alfrareef]

Yes! Congrats.
I’ve heard it shall travel at 700000Km/h. Is it true?

 

[Reeferdood]

Yes! Congrats.
I’ve heard it shall travel at 700000Km/h. Is it true?

When it is close to the sun it will be traveling at 126 miles per second.... Fastest spacecraft ever...

 

[Dancingmad]

Sweet Project! Hope it returns lots of data about our sun.