Fantastic, I cant think of many more missions in the solar system that would provide more useful science than this. Mark my words.... if they pull this off, even if the data that comes back is horridly ambiguous, it will be the basis for star classification for the next 100 years. Theres far too much guessing when it comes to stars and how they actualy work, we need to have a look for ourselves instead of just speculating.
There's that, and there's acquiring the information about EM field shaping and strengths that will help out the people doing work in fusion reactors.
Personally, I'm interested in finding out about the contents of the solar wind. I don't see anything about a warp core being installed, so we should be safe in that regard. I kinda have to wonder about all the heating/cooling stress the satellite is going to be put through, though.
I dont see how they can do this, when they can't even design a landing probe strong enough to withstand the surface of Venus for more than a few hours From what I've read, every lander NASA sent up there either got burned up in the atmosphere, or upon reaching the surface didnt last more than a few hours
The pressure on Venus is much more of a problem than the heat. It's the difference between putting something in a pressure cooker or holding it a few inches above a stove top.
Mystery #1 regarding the surface temperature of the sun vs. the temperature of the Corona has to do with the enormous sound energy generated on the surface of the sun... or at least I'd read this... Must have been speculation.
