• Question: how equiped would you have to be to land on the sun

    Asked by Purplex to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 10 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Adrian Buzatu

      Adrian Buzatu answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      You would die because of the high temperature. You can not be protected well enough.

    • Photo: Gaia Andreoletti

      Gaia Andreoletti answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      A lot! And remember to bring tons of sun cream! 🙂

    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      Good question Purplex. The sun is mind-bogglingly huge, hot and dangerous. The temperature in the very middle is at millions of degrees, and even on the outside it’s hotter than the melting point of any metal. Even if you tried to go to the sun inside a spaceship made of a mile-thick lump of tungsten (which melts at 3500 degreesC) you still wouldn’t last more than a few seconds. Please don’t try to land on the sun 😯

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