Re: xkcd: Sun Avoidance

On 2024-12-27 06:03:24 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

On 12/26/2024 3:57 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vkkf06$34sri$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Sun Avoidance
https://www.xkcd.com/3029/
 “The comic shows the end of a table of human missions, both terrestrial
and space-based, ranked by how far they stayed away from the Sun.”
 “This comic was posted the day after December 24, 2024, when the Parker
Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun. As a result, it has
set a new record for the worst failure in solar avoidance. This mission
needs to be really close to the Sun so it can make close-up analysis of
its corona and magnetic field. It has been engineered with special solar
shields to protect it from the extreme heat and radiation.”
 Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3029:_Sun_Avoidance
 Lynn

 "North," murmured the captain. "North."

 What book is that ?  Please it is not a book about a whale.
 Lynn

Mr Google says it is Ray Bradbury's "The Golden Apples of the Sun", which is an anthology of 22 short stories, so I don't know which story it is from.