| ragebot |
| (Carpal Tunnel) |
| 07/01/09 12:03 PM |
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Re: Ulysses Solar Spacecraft
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The Ulysses spacecraft, which is the only probe that has ever had an orbit to view of the North and South poles of the Sun, SNIP
Even if the Sun is the nearest star this post shows just how little we really know about it. Seems like it was only a couple of years ago researchers said all our models were wrong because there was twice as much oxygen in the sun as we thought, and recently there has been new research about the jet stream on the sun.
What concerns me most is the speculation that the Solar magnetic pole switches every 22 years (more or less in conjunction with the sun spot cycle); yet this mission, or any mission I know of has not had the longevity of even one sun spot cycle.