The Insane Engineering of the Parker Solar Probe

2022-02-19

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References

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/Sunlayers.html

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris/multimedia/layerzoo.html

[2] https://www.weldingmania.com/newbie/welding-arc-temperature/

[3] https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-temperature#:~:text=Air%20is%20a%20very%20poor,the%20surface%20of%20the%20sun).

[4] http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php#Where-Is-PSP

[5] https://www.psi.edu/epo/faq/earth.html

[6] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/basics/chapter4-1/

[7] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576520306512

[8] https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/launch-booklets/divh_parkersolarprobe_mob.pdf

[9] https://www.techexplorist.com/parker-solar-probe-changed-the-game-before-it-even-launched/17503/

[10] http://sweap.cfa.harvard.edu/History.html

[11] https://ultramet.com/parker-solar-probe-heat-shield/

[12] https://ultramet.com/refractory-open-cell-foams/reticulated-vitreous-carbon-foam/

[13] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/filament-lamp#:~:text=The%20tungsten%20filament%20lamp%20temperature,filament%2C%20which%20is%20resistively%20heated.

[14] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt

[15]https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt

[16]https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2018/09/05/parker-solar-probe-continues-successful-commissioning-operations

[17] https://youtu.be/Zc4jy_9Wpew?t=170

[18] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries

[19] https://sppgway.jhuapl.edu/encounters

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