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The temperature and radiation it has to endure is impressive, but I'm more blown away by good old fashioned gravity assists to yeet the probe and not have it fall into a fiery well of gravity.

They plan to eventually destroy the sensors by giving them full exposure to the sun but sadly the probe won't actually crash into the sun<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe</a>

It's really bonkers to take a step back and realize there's just this unimaginably huge naked fusion reaction hanging out in space. Nothing fueling it but gravity. Absolutely insane.

Does increasing the speed via repeated gravity assists improve the odds of the probe surviving during closer approaches to the sun?

The temperature and radiation it has to endure is impressive, but I'm more blown away by good old fashioned gravity assists to yeet the probe and not have it fall into a fiery well of gravity.

It's really bonkers to take a step back and realize there's just this unimaginably huge naked fusion reaction hanging out in space. Nothing fueling it but gravity. Absolutely insane.

Does increasing the speed via repeated gravity assists improve the odds of the probe surviving during closer approaches to the sun?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Reports Successful Closest Approach to Sun

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Reports Successful Closest Approach to Sun

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