SPACE TRIP TO SUN
(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) ALBERQUERQUE (New Mexico), May 23. An unmanned space ship could be sent to the sun by 1975 or 1980, a space engineer has told the Aviation and Space Writers’ Association. Mr David Buell, a chief engineer with the Chrysler Corporation, said a solar craft could be launched with a modified Saturn 18/Centaur vehicle. Such a ship could obtain information vital to future space exploration and a better understanding of the universe. Mr Buell said a landing on the sun could not be considered in the same sense as a landing on the moon or other planets. The sun was gas or plasma, and had temperatures up to 50m degrees Fahrenheit or more. On the visible surface, however, the temperature of the sun was only 10,000 degrees, less than twice the temperature spacecraft experienced in reentering the earth’s atmosphere.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30759, 25 May 1965, Page 7
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