The Insane Engineering of the Parker Solar Probe

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  • @bionictran
    @bionictran 2 роки тому +15768

    How utterly insane this achievement is. They even did it during the day!

    • @residentfelon
      @residentfelon 2 роки тому +487

      Until you realise space is fake

    • @4told
      @4told 2 роки тому +482

      ........Lol , It's always day with the Sun

    • @stephielulu9096
      @stephielulu9096 2 роки тому +77

      😆

    • @brandonliao408
      @brandonliao408 2 роки тому +1091

      @@4told What? No way, thats so crazy

    • @Abhishek-gs3jn
      @Abhishek-gs3jn 2 роки тому +877

      They should try it at night next time

  • @veezerrscharnhorst
    @veezerrscharnhorst 2 роки тому +3481

    Please don't ever stop the insane engineering series

    • @all.the.same.iProductions
      @all.the.same.iProductions 2 роки тому +16

      It would be insane not to…

    • @mirzaiscandle
      @mirzaiscandle 2 роки тому +38

      @@Stevie-J i'll bite the bait. fuck NFTs, the only real currency is runescape gold

    • @-thanawat-8296
      @-thanawat-8296 2 роки тому +24

      @@mirzaiscandle ill grind the dust , the real currency is small circular 1x1 purple lego bits

    • @kaelanirevyruun1676
      @kaelanirevyruun1676 2 роки тому +16

      @@-thanawat-8296 I'll split the particles... The only real, true currencies are bottle caps and can tags xD

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +2

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

  • @ShimmeringSpectrum
    @ShimmeringSpectrum 2 роки тому +1636

    The first parts of this didn't sound too crazy compared to some of the other videos you've done, but the longer the video went on, it was like we were descending further into the depths of engineering madness. Astronomy is indeed insane.

    • @Just_Sara
      @Just_Sara 2 роки тому +60

      I think this wonderful madness started with the Mars rovers being lowered onto the surface - we learned that the outside-the-box solutions are turning out to somehow actually work. What a mind-opening time for space nerds! It may be engineering madness, but if it works, I guess it wasn't madness after all, right?

    • @taterkaze9428
      @taterkaze9428 2 роки тому +66

      1. Crazy rover drops on Mars.
      2. Insane JWT engineering with hundreds of single points of failure .... that didn't fail.
      3. Parker Probe going in at less than 5% of the distance from Earth to Sun.
      I'm starting to think fusion is gonna happen.

    • @bucky13
      @bucky13 2 роки тому +49

      The small details that took literal centuries for humanity to discover and perfect to this point is what was mind blowing to me. Niobium wire insulated by sapphire sounds so simple.. yet also sounds like science fiction.
      I feel like Carbon foam and Niobium C-103 alloy could be the subject of entire Real Engineering videos. How do we even get to that point?

    • @btCharlie_
      @btCharlie_ 2 роки тому +13

      I lost it at sapphire cable insulation 😂

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +2

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

  • @steveross8364
    @steveross8364 Рік тому +72

    Can't help but think they should've called the probe "Icarus".

    • @adithyavraajkumar5923
      @adithyavraajkumar5923 4 місяці тому +20

      Probably wanted to avoid the negative connotation given how Icarus' story turned out

    • @kuyakanin9134
      @kuyakanin9134 День тому

      @@adithyavraajkumar5923no

  • @bucky13
    @bucky13 2 роки тому +1120

    The small details that took literal centuries for humanity to discover and perfect to this point is what was mind blowing to me. Niobium wire insulated by sapphire sounds so simple.. yet also sounds like science fiction.
    I feel like Carbon foam and Niobium C-103 alloy could be the subject of entire Real Engineering videos. How do we even collectively get to that point?

    • @FierceFire14
      @FierceFire14 2 роки тому +54

      Carbon foam i dont know, but Niobium c-103 is likely something someone put together because they were curious or an engineer needed something for a high temperature project, and the material scientists took materials that were known to be able to perform well under high temps. Material science is a well developed study field, go look into it if you're curious, as even some simple looking steel materials have insane backgrounds.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 2 роки тому +9

      @@FierceFire14 Exactly, the new knife super steel Magnacut developed by Dr. Larrin Thomas, a metallurgist has 2.00% of Niobium along with 4.00% of Vanadium are aggressive carbide formers with Vanadium being the hardest carbide metal known, and Niobium is right behind it being as hard as tungsten carbide. It is in several PM or particle metal knives. In Magnacut it keeps the Chromium from forming its brittle carbides.

    • @gigakoresh
      @gigakoresh 2 роки тому +37

      Scientific progress works kind of like baloon. We build up pressure with a ton of research over the years that shows clearly what we know, what we don't and what is in demand. Then when the pressure is enough usually one science team makes a breakthrough and gets a lot of credit. But in reality when such breakthrough becomes possible, who exactly does it becomes more a matter of chance rather than particular scientist's genius. All science is important. Except the fake one.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 2 роки тому +6

      @@gigakoresh The biases of many scientists I've noticed over the years of working in the aerospace field also holds back science as well. Especially in biology.

    • @theobserver9131
      @theobserver9131 2 роки тому +16

      "on the shoulders of giants"
      Just imagine, if we survive this dark age, how far will we go in the next 100 years? The next thousand years? We have only just begun.....

  • @ImieNazwiskoOK
    @ImieNazwiskoOK 2 роки тому +642

    Something that would also be good to mention that this probe also measured Venus during it's encounters. It even made a map of Venus's surface.

    • @pointlessdude
      @pointlessdude 2 роки тому +23

      thats cool! I'd like to see those

    • @ImieNazwiskoOK
      @ImieNazwiskoOK 2 роки тому +7

      @Pointlessdude Some information can be found on official NASA website

    • @disgruntledegghead6923
      @disgruntledegghead6923 2 роки тому +39

      Not gonna lie, I'm still waiting on a detailed map of Uranus. It's fascinating to see what's really out there...

    • @Mehwhatevr
      @Mehwhatevr 2 роки тому +12

      @@disgruntledegghead6923 what do you mean? Like a detailed map of its atmosphere?

    • @disgruntledegghead6923
      @disgruntledegghead6923 2 роки тому +8

      @@Mehwhatevr Honestly I'd like to see a detailed map of the surface.
      Otherworldly things amaze me.

  • @2miligrams
    @2miligrams 2 роки тому +2830

    Kudos to the camera man who had to fly next to the sun to capture this insane achievement!

    • @unleashthekrakenmsf4867
      @unleashthekrakenmsf4867 Рік тому +29

      😂

    • @First_______
      @First_______ Рік тому +125

      His sound guy burned up, but Camera Man kept going.

    • @beakymcbeakerson6060
      @beakymcbeakerson6060 Рік тому +66

      The cameraman is always the highest level player on the field

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 Рік тому +1

      You decided to be the moron doing the cameraman line, did you? Have you ever had an original thought?

    • @beakymcbeakerson6060
      @beakymcbeakerson6060 Рік тому

      @@markfox1545 wow, someone didn't get enough hugs growing up or are you just bitter and disappointed that you didn't achieve anything meaningful in life so you insist on spreading negativity from behind a keyboard. I applaud you my friend, at least you have achieved something even if it is garbage in nature.

  • @cinrok1
    @cinrok1 5 місяців тому +197

    Why didn’t they just go at night?

    • @BlakeNelson-tk9fb
      @BlakeNelson-tk9fb 4 місяці тому +16

      Fr

    • @bergercg
      @bergercg 4 місяці тому +12

      Now we can finally go and mine the sun?

    • @Xirgi
      @Xirgi 4 місяці тому +27

      too many lions

    • @ujoshua7907
      @ujoshua7907 4 місяці тому +4

      Probably be late for Venus gravity assist

    • @peterw.9703
      @peterw.9703 4 місяці тому +3

      Temperature

  • @3seven5seven1nine9
    @3seven5seven1nine9 2 роки тому +598

    The amount of math needed to get that many gravity assists out of Venus is insane

    • @bobbertee5945
      @bobbertee5945 Рік тому +44

      As a guy with an 8th grade math education, and barely passed that, the equation showed on screen is so impressive to me, because I know absolute zero about what is being discussed, I really do look up to people who’s brains are able to decipher and understand it…. At times I’ve actually looked up videos on here of people solving hard math because it’s just so outlandish to me….. having zero idea what is being done to solve it is just so impressive to me

    • @miepic3291
      @miepic3291 10 місяців тому +36

      @@bobbertee5945I think when people get to that level it’s just like learning a language. They’re comfortable with all the components that make up the equations like words in a language and have probably solved stuff that “complex” to us so many times that they’ve already done all the hard thinking about it when learning. I’m sure there are many things you’re capable of doing which would look impressive to the uninitiated just in the same way you described looking at those people solving complex math

    • @InstaLabSparti
      @InstaLabSparti 9 місяців тому +3

      math is sane never insane!

    • @michro1982
      @michro1982 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@InstaLabSparti I love infinity and I agree to disagree 😉

    • @dutchthenightmonkey3457
      @dutchthenightmonkey3457 8 місяців тому +7

      KSP players: “hold my beer

  • @mattsoup4121
    @mattsoup4121 2 роки тому +364

    Small nitpick. While Falcon Heavy is the highest payload to orbit currently available, Delta IV Heavy has higher interplanetary payload because of its significantly more efficient upper stage

    • @aronseptianto8142
      @aronseptianto8142 2 роки тому +1

      do correct me but i thought the upper stage is interchangeable?

    • @mattsoup4121
      @mattsoup4121 2 роки тому +55

      @@aronseptianto8142 Upper stages are exclusive to the launch vehicle except for a few special cases. Falcon Heavy has a kerosone and liquid oxygen upper stage which is efficient and cost effective for lower earth orbits. Delta IV Heavy's upper stage is a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen upper stage. This is expensive and not very efficient for lower orbits but it's much better for high orbits and interplanetary missions.
      Parker solar probe needed as much velocity as it could possibly get from launch in order to make the mission work. Falcon Heavy may be "more powerful" but Delta IV Heavy was able to provide more velocity to the probe, which is why it was used.

    • @fcgHenden
      @fcgHenden 2 роки тому +12

      @@aronseptianto8142 You are correct but they are rarely booster agnostic. The efficiency of the Delta upper stage is mostly lent by its hydrogen engine which has far higher exhaust velocity than kerolox. To do the same, SX has to design their own hydrogen upper stage which I don't see in the near future. Oncee Superheavy is operational however, you can pretty much bolt in any upper stage into it, lol. No need for specialized adapters. Just chuck it into the payload bay, hehe. (With some nuance of course)

    • @aronseptianto8142
      @aronseptianto8142 2 роки тому

      @@fcgHenden how would staging even be done in a super heavy kind of rocket?
      would it do the explosive charge but sideway?

    • @cooperodell3392
      @cooperodell3392 2 роки тому +4

      @@aronseptianto8142 The second stage is starship itself, superheavy being the first stage. If you wanted to add a third stage for some reason into the payload bay of starship you could, I'd imagine. It would probably either use compressed springs to launch the payload out of the bay or I could even see a world where a similar sort of roll/yaw maneuver is used to have the payload eject itself, similar to how starlink satellites are deployed. In all likelihood however, one would probably just use starships second stage for these trips instead of a dedicated 3rd stage.

  • @WEEZlUS
    @WEEZlUS 2 роки тому +397

    The fact that you explain the mathematics/science behind(formulas) made me a fan. I’ve been looking for depth, basically, more than regurgitation of articles I’ve already read. Thank you, work is very much appreciated!
    As a note, a little bit more in depth explanations of the math/formula and orgo/chem would be the ultimate!

    • @berdigylychrejepbayev7503
      @berdigylychrejepbayev7503 7 місяців тому +5

      if he goes further deep in explanation he might lose general audience which will butcher the view number, like, share, viewing time etc. then even geeks like you couldnt meet with his future videos due to algorithmic favoritism of simple videos over complex ones.

    • @Spynarina
      @Spynarina 7 місяців тому +4

      Good idea for patreon content or something though

  • @supergamer761
    @supergamer761 Рік тому +153

    I remember signing up to have my name put on a microchip that would be put on the space probe, wow that was long ago

    • @LitoMike
      @LitoMike Рік тому +34

      imagine if the sun actually was a god like roman mythology and with its god powers it sees
      Josh Smith
      Andrew Tate
      Austin Hruskach
      يخصممس سح٢٩ك٢
      Baljeet Faheed

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 Рік тому +5

      @@LitoMike *beetlejuice. Only beetlejuice

    • @spacejamlover70
      @spacejamlover70 Рік тому +12

      I stg i still have the ticket bookmarked on my old pc, i completely forgot about signing up for it until i heard it hit the sun

    • @ExMachina70
      @ExMachina70 Рік тому

      Transmission received!

    • @mantheman11
      @mantheman11 8 місяців тому

      ​@@LitoMike what you said in arabic roughly translates to iighSmms sh92k2

  • @PMX
    @PMX 2 роки тому +896

    Some clarification of what "temperature" means in different contexts is probably needed. When you say the temperature is "only" 3000ºC at the surface of the sun but over 500000ºC in the corona, a clarification is in order because temperature has a completely different meaning than what most people would expect when talking about mostly empty space. That is, the corona has a "high temperature" but a "low heat content" due to it being mostly empty space - a thermometer placed there would *not* show hundreds of thousands of degrees. Otherwise the later part of the video, where you mention they use materials like tungsten that have a melting point of 3400ºC would make no sense.
    In particular, you mention they can get about 3500ºC with the concave mirrors at the Odellio Solar Furnace for testing, and that such temperature is *twice* what the heat shield is expected to encounter...

    • @DemsW
      @DemsW 2 роки тому +81

      Yeah that would have been worth explaining cuz as is it's confusing, thanks

    • @edwardsl8016
      @edwardsl8016 2 роки тому +16

      So empty space is hotter? But also confusing was the cooling by water of solar panels 13:14 , wouldn't that be vapor, since water vaporizes at 100ºC?

    • @angrymokyuu9475
      @angrymokyuu9475 2 роки тому +117

      ​@@edwardsl8016 What they mean is that the temperature of any particle is far higher, but your odds of encountering them are far lower. That means the thermal density is, on net, lower than at lower altitudes where the temperature is nominally lower.
      As for cooling, a carefully designed system could keep water from boiling by virtue of not giving it anywhere _to_ boil(though I doubt it's actually pure water).

    • @yvrelna
      @yvrelna 2 роки тому +40

      @@edwardsl8016 No, the equipment being hotter than water boiling temperature is not necessarily a problem.
      If you circulate the water quickly and if you choose materials in the heat exchanger carefully so it provides enough heat transfer to cool the equipment but not heat the water too quickly, the water can circulate back in the shielded area before it boils.
      As long as the water keeps moving, it won't reach high enough temperature to boil over.
      Or they could just use steam as heat transfer medium rather than liquid water, that should work just fine as well.

    • @snowjohn1298
      @snowjohn1298 2 роки тому +13

      so I can feel heat here on earth but space isn't warm.. makes sense

  • @alphalegionloyalist
    @alphalegionloyalist 2 роки тому +213

    Hi, great video! A few points to clarify on the fusion side. The ‘able to produce 70% of the input energy’ is a little inaccurate. The plasma produces, in the form of heat, 70% of the power heating it. However, that isn’t 70% of the input electrical power. There are efficiency losses between the electrical power fed to the heating systems and the amount of heating power that actually heats the plasma. Likewise, the power produced is in the form of heat, not electricity, and you need to produce a fair bit more heat to compensate for efficiency losses when producing electricity. ITER will not be hooked up to a system to generate electricity from heat. The next reactor that is planned after ITER is DEMO, which is supposed to produce electricity. The UKs STEP reactor is an electricity producing demonstration device scheduled for completion in 2040. Also, ITER will not really be finished in 2025. That’s the first stage, where they can test when they have assembled so far with realtively low performance plasmas. If all looks good they will continue with assembly. The next (thermal) energy producing ITER operations will use a deuterium-tritium fuel mix and aren’t scheduled until around 2035. Even then, no electricity will be produced. DEMO is being designed currently and won’t be online (assuming it ever gets approved) until at least 2050. Many private fusion companies have popped up over the last decade that aim to have electricity producing demonstrator devices in the early 2030s. The faster pace of private companies is a result of incorporating new technologies that either allow the reactors to be built smaller and hence much more quickly, or have some novel approach. Some such technologies weren't around when ITER was being designed, another drawback to the long time it has taken to construct it. The reason ITER is taking so long is, among many other factors, due to its immense size. When it comes to tokamak fusion reactors, building bigger does move you toward more fusion relevant conditions in your plasma, but at the cost of the devices taking longer to be built. New technologies have emerged since ITER started construction, which enable the magnetic field strength of the fusion reactor to be much larger. This also moves the reactor toward more fusion relevant conditions, without having to make it enormously large. Hence you can build such devices much quicker. Hope this was informative! Great video as always.

    • @GhostofReason
      @GhostofReason 2 роки тому +4

      Do you think ITER will be irrelevant by the time they are ready for deuterium fueled experiments?

    • @nocare
      @nocare 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you, I didn't have to write up basically the same thing.
      Though I have very strong doubts about every single novel fusion startup as non of them are willing to show accurate simulations of how their system is supposed to work.
      I hope their investors at least are getting a more behind the scenes look instead of buying into snake oil.

    • @StephanTrube
      @StephanTrube 2 роки тому +4

      I found this video very informative on the topic: ua-cam.com/video/LJ4W1g-6JiY/v-deo.html
      My key takeaway: It's about Q, the ratio between power out / power in. We want Q > 1 to harvest energy.
      We hear numbers like Q = 0.7 like here, but that's misleading. Because there is more than one Q! What ultimately matters is Qtotal, which divides the total amount of electricity gained by all the power needed to run the facility (including cooling, machinery, and whatnot). What's often reportet is a different Q, for example Qplasma. Yes, we might get the plasma to return 70% of the energy we put in, and that's great, but that number ignores cooling and other processes which might consume vastly more energy than the plasma itself. And conversion losses, as you say. The relevant Qtotal is still at or below 0.1 afaik.

    • @danieloberhofer9035
      @danieloberhofer9035 2 роки тому +9

      Great summary!
      Basically you have given "The current State of Fusion research" all in one UA-cam comment. I would only like to add one important point on why it takes so long to build ITER:
      The project, actually dating back to the Reagan presidency (!), was set up to be scientifically profitable to all participating nations. That's why all construction work that could be distributed to different nations was split up that way. In the end, every ITER partner was supposed to have learned everything necessary to build the thing all over again by themselves should they want to.
      Now take this horribly inefficient distribution that was intentional and add the seemingly unavoidable mismanagement every great project seems to suffer from and you've got one of the main reasons why ITER is delayed by decades and costs billions more than was originally projected.

    • @Omen224
      @Omen224 2 роки тому +1

      Wasn't the record 10% a decade and a half ago, though?

  • @kakashi_senpai042
    @kakashi_senpai042 Рік тому +9

    As an engineer myself, I absolutely love engineering and all that it has to offer. I love how we use our knowledge and problem solving skills to create something useful and beautiful! This “I Love Engineering” channel is a great example of how engineering can be made entertaining, showing some of the best engineering breakthroughs. It also does a great job highlighting the talented engineers that make up the backbone of our society. It really encourages me to learn more about engineering and stay on top of all the new developments out there. Kudos to this channel!

  • @danielkorladis7869
    @danielkorladis7869 2 роки тому +142

    It's amazing how the engineering of the Parker Solar Probe required other engineering projects that are all worthy of "The Insane Engineering of [X]" videos in their own right. Like both from construction and also in experiment design.

    • @Mehwhatevr
      @Mehwhatevr 2 роки тому +17

      Yeah, it’s great that these videos show people why “random” research is important. And who knows what earth shattering technologies might be created with the data we receive from probes like this.

    • @alienspecies6872
      @alienspecies6872 2 роки тому

      I don't wanna say it but it's like anime seasons which get better and better consistently.

  • @ejtamayo5317
    @ejtamayo5317 2 роки тому +562

    I remember the day it launched. I was at Disney world with my parents and we found out about the launch the day before. Luckily, we were able to see the launch since our hotel wasn't to far from Kennedy space center. I remember waking up at around 2 in the morning with so much excitement and putting on the nasa channel. Then, I saw a big glowing ball which I knew was the rocket. It has been the only rocket launch I've ever seen in person and it was an awesome experience

    • @ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4
      @ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4 2 роки тому +8

      Ewan ko lang kung makakakita ako nyan sa personal... kung na swerte makakasakay man lang sa isang pagkakataon.

    • @Twigmf
      @Twigmf 2 роки тому +3

      Nerd

    • @Twigmf
      @Twigmf 2 роки тому +3

      Jkjk

    • @absolutelyfookinnobody2843
      @absolutelyfookinnobody2843 2 роки тому +20

      @@Twigmf you know what we have in common?
      My name, because that what you are

    • @martin_taavet
      @martin_taavet 2 роки тому +1

      @@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 I gotta remember this trick for later ngl

  • @auscan7739
    @auscan7739 Рік тому +261

    17:09 They have recently generated more energy than the energy used to start the fusion reaction. It's funny, 10 months ago they probably thought that it would take 50-100 years to achieve that

    • @ChristopherGuilday
      @ChristopherGuilday Рік тому +69

      They didn’t really. The fusion reaction created 1/50th of the “total” power it used to do the experiment. What your referring to is that it produced more energy than it required for the lasers to start the reaction, but that doesn’t account for all of the other power losses in the system. Do a little more research on it and you’ll find we were a little mislead on that break through. We still are very very far away.

    • @stef6963
      @stef6963 Рік тому +51

      @@ChristopherGuilday This is true. The net energy of the lasers was 2.05mW. However due to the inefficiency of lasers they probably consumed a 100mW+ to produce those lasers. However, what happened was a big milestone and it's only a matter of time until fusion experiments get increased funding and are able to accelerate their progress.

    • @nameberry220
      @nameberry220 Рік тому +3

      What really matter is the amount of money going on vs amount of money out. Nuclear fussion doesn't even need to generate more energy out than in to be profitable, if you can produce and sell something else.

    • @2slick4u.
      @2slick4u. Рік тому +9

      @Christopher Jannette not when 1500% is required

    • @DeadAndAliveCat
      @DeadAndAliveCat Рік тому

      No, they didn't. You're just very susceptible to US New Cold War propaganda.

  • @conors4430
    @conors4430 2 роки тому +127

    This is the thing I love about exploration, especially when people say, why are we doing this. Not only is it giving us interesting information, but it makes us invent new technology which may just come in useful in every day life in ways we can’t even imagine yet.

    • @Balstrome1
      @Balstrome1 2 роки тому +12

      And to invent said tech, we need to train people to think and design, who later can teach others how to think about such things and design better.

    • @SgtPotShot
      @SgtPotShot 2 роки тому +9

      They act like money and time that goes into space exploration just goes into the void. We can use tech we put into space exploration for uses here in Earth, plus the money goes to people here on Earth

    • @datgio4951
      @datgio4951 2 роки тому

      @@SgtPotShot nah shut the hell up you don’t how money is even run in real life 💀💀💀 u needa burst of your bubble

    • @stolearovigor281
      @stolearovigor281 2 роки тому

      You watch cartoons, don't you get it?

    • @realtimestatic
      @realtimestatic 2 роки тому +1

      @@SgtPotShot I mean, we all still profit from GPS and so on on satellite images on earth. Some day we might need to get rid of an approaching asteroid and we’ll be happy we have the technology to do so

  • @leonhill8447
    @leonhill8447 2 роки тому +110

    I absolutely love how versatile (weird) carbon is. A carbon-carbon composite just sounds like non-sense but it's a legit engineering composite with very special properties. Amazing!
    Great video as always.

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 2 роки тому +27

      Don't talk about Carbon like that while it's in the room, you're going to give it a complex.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +1

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @Vjx-d7c
      @Vjx-d7c 2 роки тому +4

      @@slcpunk2740 ba dum tss

  • @dcchillin4687
    @dcchillin4687 2 роки тому +116

    As a machinist I get to work with some of the more "mundane" exotic materials like incolnel and titanium carbide, the processes and materials in this project blew me away. I had no idea.

    • @supertuesday600
      @supertuesday600 2 роки тому +2

      Niobium!!!

    • @dylanparr6880
      @dylanparr6880 2 роки тому +5

      How much does niobium c-103 cost per kilo? I could ask Google, but maybe you could give me a more informed answer...🤔🧐

    • @neiljohnson9686
      @neiljohnson9686 2 роки тому

      I get to work with stainless steel, so there.😝

    • @Aesuuki
      @Aesuuki 2 роки тому

      @@dylanparr6880 ~£190-250/kilo for pure c-103 alloy. It's not exactly mundane, pretty specialist in fact, bcus it's only rly used in launch vehicles (rockets, spacecraft, jets..)

    • @stolearovigor281
      @stolearovigor281 2 роки тому

      Lol sure you did

  • @homermorisson9135
    @homermorisson9135 Рік тому +19

    Guys, thanks for this amazing video... and for releasing it for free!
    This is far beyond what I ever saw on television, even on the very few remaining channels that place fact above fiction yet.

    • @78tag
      @78tag Місяць тому

      The big network tv companies don't want us thinking about the war monger money we could be using to solve energy problems. The US money sent to Ukraine alone could very well have solved the fusion puzzle by now.

  • @threethrushes
    @threethrushes 2 роки тому +55

    Parker space probe: touches sun
    Icarus: vindicated

  • @Haagimus
    @Haagimus 2 роки тому +171

    My favorite moment in this video was definitely the infrared imagery on the Parker solar probes last pass into the sun's coronosphere! That part when the Milky Way pans across is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this for everyone to enjoy! 🥰 🤯

    • @DIYAmateurHour
      @DIYAmateurHour 7 місяців тому

      Mine too. Seeing the Milky Way in black and white but also from that close to the sun was remarkable

  • @GamalKevin
    @GamalKevin 2 роки тому +87

    100 years ago, if you say that we're going to probe the sun, people will think you're daydreaming. It's really fascinating how quick and how far humanity has progressed in such a relatively short time.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +8

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @Tubepoacher
      @Tubepoacher 2 роки тому +36

      @@jameshenrysmith8426 im sorry but we're gonna have to ask you to leave.

    • @kysco
      @kysco 2 роки тому +16

      @@Tubepoacher I wouldn't even worry. He was never here to begin with. :') These people are lost for real.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      @@kysco ????????

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      @@Tubepoacher ????????

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 5 місяців тому +8

    Icarus would be envious of this probe.

  • @gabeteuton
    @gabeteuton 2 роки тому +234

    thank you KSP for teaching me the basics of orbital mechanics that nowadays provide me with background knowledge to understand parts of this video quite easily. Thank you HarvesteR, and the rest of the team. S2

    • @coryverses
      @coryverses Рік тому +2

      i wholly agree. ksp also did a lot for my understanding of the concept of raising orbit, differing planes etc

    • @efulmer8675
      @efulmer8675 Рік тому +10

      KSP has done wonders for demystifying a lot of rocket science even slightly and as a fellow space enthusiast whose father works in the industry and whose late grandfather worked for NASA for many years, it makes me very excited that space is returning to the purview of the masses.

    • @Selatapey
      @Selatapey Рік тому +2

      I’m a new KSP player and rendezvouses are the worst thing ever

    • @gabeteuton
      @gabeteuton Рік тому +3

      @@Selatapey i finally learned them, specially from Scott Manley, he has lots of tuts, also many other ksp youtubers, once you understand what you are trying to do physically, it'll be a breeze, i felt quite awkward myself after realizing that it was not that hard, but instead i was representing it wrongly in my head.

    • @noelka8134
      @noelka8134 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Selatapey they're not that hard, you just didn't get it. That's fine, everyone has to go through it.

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie 2 роки тому +72

    If anyone was wondering why Parker was flown on a Delta IV Heavy instead of a Falcon Heavy, the Delta Cryogenic Second Stage is a hydrolox stage with a RL-10 engine. The Falcon Heavy uses a kerolox Merlin stage. Rockets have different metrics, so calling one 'most powerful' is a big dishonest. Essentially, the hydrolox stage has a greater throw weight over long distance. FH can lift more to LEO than DIVH, but when you are talking interplanetary missions FH starts to lose out

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      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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    • @Tim_88524
      @Tim_88524 2 роки тому +4

      This is true for a (partially) reusable Falcon Heavy launch, but a fully expendable Falcon Heavy can still send more mass than the Delta IV Heavy in high dV missions even though it is less efficient.

    • @facon4233
      @facon4233 2 роки тому +3

      Plus there is the fact that Delta is more reliable. Falcon heavy is very new rocket, so if you want to put a 10 billion dollar telescope that launch cost doesn't even make a dent.

    • @lewismassie
      @lewismassie 2 роки тому +2

      @@Tim_88524 Expendable FH may _technically_ be capable of a mission like this, but SpaceX will likely never fly FH in that format. They only have 6 or so boosters around these days, they rely on reuse to maintain launch cadence. And that also doesn't take into account the Solid third stage which has never been done on a Falcon family rocket but has been done multiple times on the Delta IV family.
      There are other factors but they are complex and multi-faceted

    • @Tim_88524
      @Tim_88524 2 роки тому +1

      @@facon4233 Parker Solar Probe is only 1.5 billion dollars in total.

  • @josephraffurty9293
    @josephraffurty9293 2 роки тому +53

    I very much appreciate the education you provide in your videos!

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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      He's the person I love, he's my light
      day. The way the music flows and sounds
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    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @rohan7382
      @rohan7382 2 роки тому +1

      @@jameshenrysmith8426 nonsense 😂

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      @@rohan7382 The Devil's planning a free stuff carnival mall in another dimension after all (Disclaimer: Don't take the Devil's deals. The Devil is evil. All at your own risk!). I was waiting for something to disprove atheism with!

  • @VoodooGMusic
    @VoodooGMusic Рік тому +6

    btw I always find it interesting that in all video animations featuring an object close to the sun, the sun always looks like a big red fireball whereas in reality it would be a white orb so bright it drowns out all other light.

  • @MuscarV2
    @MuscarV2 2 роки тому +33

    Been a Nebula subscriber for a long time and absolutely love it, very excited for the new series! This was a really interesting video too, superb work as always!

    • @niconicoshi
      @niconicoshi Рік тому

      hey, they have subtitles on everything?

  • @mrwjs
    @mrwjs 2 роки тому +41

    This video was amazingly informative. I'm awed by the scientist and engineers who make space exploration possible.

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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      He's the person I love, he's my light
      day. The way the music flows and sounds
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      a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
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    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +1

      The earth is flat and Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

  • @ShadowFoxSF
    @ShadowFoxSF 2 роки тому +62

    Humans, as a species, are really good at throwing things with accuracy.
    We have come up with lots of throwing alternatives to give us more speed, power, distance...such as a long sticks which are used to launch another object (spear. Lacrosse ball. Hockey puck. Etc.)
    Tension based launchers that can be used to hurl an object (bows and slingshots)
    I like to think of rockets and just one version of explosion-powered throwing. And with some of these we can adjust the throw "midair" now.
    We just have to crunch some math to make sure our "throw" is right, because we have reached such ridiculous proportions in our range.

    • @RebelEight-z7q
      @RebelEight-z7q 2 роки тому +3

      gets even better when mathematical equations are added ...precision

    • @willb4643
      @willb4643 2 роки тому +3

      When you consider the insanely complicated maths involved in throwing something accurately given distance, height, wind, movement of the thrower, movement of the recipient etc, it makes just being able to throw a ball to your friend as you're walking down the street a really impressive thing. Throwing that ball to accurately be captured by the gravity of two object 1000s of km away is great but still, throw a ball to your friend and you've pretty much nailed it when considering you haven't fired up a computer to do it for you.

    • @ShadowFoxSF
      @ShadowFoxSF 2 роки тому +2

      @@willb4643 human brain does rough calculus on its own. To a degree.
      We don't have the numbers to go with it in the moment, but you can tell if and about how hard you'll crash into something if you ever end up skidding on the ice.
      Again the whole throwing a ball to your friend.
      I'm sure there are other examples...but you get an idea of position, angle, and velocity.
      On the larger part I love these prediction machines in our skulls.

    • @pluspiping
      @pluspiping Рік тому +4

      Humans: We Throw Things

    • @Penguinizerrr
      @Penguinizerrr Рік тому +1

      @@pluspipingis that the space aspect?

  • @KVirello
    @KVirello Рік тому +12

    Under a year after this upload and we have a successful fusion reaction.

    • @CatroiOz
      @CatroiOz 7 місяців тому +1

      We've had successful fusion reactions since the 50s mate

  • @georgecriaris8103
    @georgecriaris8103 2 роки тому +73

    I was actually part of this in regards to maintaining the sql databases that were part of the launch procedure. Such an amazing feat for human kind!

    • @georgecriaris8103
      @georgecriaris8103 2 роки тому +6

      @yea buddy I was just part of ensuring the launch was successful for some of the systems. I wish I worked at NASA lol.

    • @cholasimmons
      @cholasimmons 2 роки тому

      How many tables did you need, roughly. Lol

    • @this_mfr
      @this_mfr 2 роки тому +2

      I'm currently learning SQL for my job (using it in relation to IBM Maximo asset management). Would you mind giving some advice on a skills and certification path for SQL databasing? Any recommendations or thoughts on industry demands and requirements?

    • @georgecriaris8103
      @georgecriaris8103 2 роки тому +2

      @@cholasimmons our databases were that big just a few million rows but on the oracle side they had the heavy hitters lll

    • @georgecriaris8103
      @georgecriaris8103 2 роки тому +1

      @@this_mfr I might not be the best to ask lol but I would definitely start with either AWS or Azure certs. A Cloud Guru, Udemy, and UA-cam are great places to start. Don't forget everything is going to the cloud so be mindful of that when you see looking into career paths. Cheers buddy wish you the best in your journey!

  • @sabiha_.
    @sabiha_. 2 роки тому +26

    I can't explain how much I waited for this
    Thank you so much real engineering
    Ur insanely smart.

    • @irfanahmed1612
      @irfanahmed1612 2 роки тому

      Sup ashik

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      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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  • @somtoobienu5081
    @somtoobienu5081 2 роки тому +117

    This is so amazingly difficult that it should be impossible. Congratulations to the team that made this possible!

    • @dsdw30
      @dsdw30 Рік тому

      It is impossible! Just like the idea the earth is a spinning ball hurling through infinite outer space chasing the sun! The earth does not move, it is fixed in place. The sun is not a ball of fire. It’s time to wake up and see the truth. Earth is flat with contour. There is absolutely zero measurable curvature.

    • @nuntana2
      @nuntana2 Рік тому +2

      Yep. Still reckon they should've done it in winter when the sun is cool lol.

    • @lividboar
      @lividboar Рік тому +1

      @@nuntana2 or they could've gone at night

    • @toasterhavingabath6980
      @toasterhavingabath6980 Рік тому

      @@lividboar what about winter at night? (this is a joke.)

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978

    "The sun's surface is not that hot at around 6000°C"
    Bruh that hot enough to vaporize tungsten.

  • @FrankPCarpi
    @FrankPCarpi 2 роки тому +78

    I was very proud to hear that you chose Ultramet as your source of carbon foam refractory materials for the heat shield. I started my career in chemistry in 1996 at Ultramet (however it was a sister company initially operating in the facility in Sun Valley CA).

  • @AnythingMachine
    @AnythingMachine 2 роки тому +27

    At maximum speed it could cross the entire island of Britain in about 3 seconds

    • @sabiha_.
      @sabiha_. 2 роки тому

      JSJSHE

    • @lanorothwolf2184
      @lanorothwolf2184 2 роки тому +1

      Lengthwise?

    • @AnythingMachine
      @AnythingMachine 2 роки тому +4

      @@lanorothwolf2184 at 163 km/s it would take 2.97s to cross the UK width

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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      He's the person I love, he's my light
      day. The way the music flows and sounds
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      I love NBA Anna.#垃圾

  • @witchdoctor6502
    @witchdoctor6502 2 роки тому +15

    This mission was badass since the start when Delta IV lit itself on fire as a tribute and got even crazier from there. Can't wait for the next passes and what data the probe delivers.

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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      Anna is a beautiful girl.
      He's the person I love, he's my light
      day. The way the music flows and sounds
      is extravagant and fun. Anna is
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      a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
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  • @karveka4371
    @karveka4371 Рік тому +1

    When I told that guy on discord to go catch some sun I didn't think he'd go this far.

  • @lodovico95
    @lodovico95 2 роки тому +14

    Being an engineering enthusiast, I am so lucky to have people like you who continuosly post amazing informative videos like this one, and many more. Never stop, you are the best! Greetings from Switzerland!

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @thekilla2885
      @thekilla2885 2 роки тому +1

      @@jameshenrysmith8426 No such thing as STAN.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +1

      @@thekilla2885 Satan's next offer is money for soul at his amusement park (Disclaimer: Don't take any of Satan's deals. All at your own risk.).

  • @null090909
    @null090909 2 роки тому +11

    Temperature is a very abstract concept. Especially at such low densities.

    • @pablocanovas2779
      @pablocanovas2779 2 роки тому

      Yep, given the densities of the corona i'd bet a block of ice at its melting point has more internal energy, since the density of the corona iirc was in the order of 10^-9 gcm^3

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @gdxd7956
      @gdxd7956 2 роки тому +2

      @@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458 Temperature is the measurement of energy transferred from one mass to another.
      And the total amount of energy transferred depends on how much mass there is, with higher energy, to transfer to the lower energy mass.
      For example:
      If you drop a grain of sand from 100 mts. high on your head, you won't even feel it.
      If you drop a block of 100kg of concrete from 100 mts. high on your head, it will kill you.
      Both the grain of sand and the block start with the SAME energy LEVEL (like saying they start with the same temperature level). But the block has WAY more energy MASS that will transfer to you.
      So, more density means more total amount of energy available to affect the lower energy mass.
      Now, in the corona of the sun, the energy mostly comes from radiation. The radiation density is VERY high.
      And the particle density is very low.
      That's why simply hiding behind a heat shield (which is a bad name, it's actually a radiation shield) is enough to protect the ship. Because there is no mass around it that carries any energy. And rays only go straight, and don't bend around the shield.
      If there were a substantial amount of mass, it would go around the shield and transfer a lot of energy in a very short time, enough to raise the energy level of the ship's mass, to a point were it would break or melt.
      There is mass in the corona, but it is very little (low density) so the total amount of energy transferred to the ship is small, and it doesn't raise the ship's energy too much.

    • @bokiNYC
      @bokiNYC 2 роки тому +1

      @@gdxd7956 Very well said, thanks for the explanation.

  • @evinvestfuture7440
    @evinvestfuture7440 2 роки тому +13

    Absolutely bonkers! The expertise and sheer hours spent on this mission, and the amount of evolution taken to get to this point, is truly mind-melting!

  • @SexyStarfleet
    @SexyStarfleet 2 роки тому +632

    Could you take a look at the engineering and applications of sodium ion batteries? I’ve been hearing about them for grid storage, but I would love to hear your analysis.

    • @SECONDQUEST
      @SECONDQUEST 2 роки тому +27

      Been hearing about sodium batteries for many years, haven't seen much progress in the news so I'm really interested in seeing what I've been missing. I hope he makes a video on the topic too

    • @harsimranbansal5355
      @harsimranbansal5355 2 роки тому +13

      For grid storage you have plenty of options for a battery. For example you can simply suspend a weight in the air and move it up and down based on demand and supply. That’s pretty much a gravity battery and would work well for grid storage. We already use pumped hydro as a sort of battery in many places in the world so grid storage isn’t as big of a problem as it seems. The bigger problem is batteries for trucks, or other heavy equipment since you have way more constraints in such an application.

    • @antonhelsgaun
      @antonhelsgaun 2 роки тому +8

      @@harsimranbansal5355 easier said than done, though. You should definitely watch his video on pumped hydro

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      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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    • @Leonelf0
      @Leonelf0 2 роки тому +1

      @@capturedflame efficiency of lead acid batteries is absolutely shit

  • @DanksterPaws
    @DanksterPaws 9 місяців тому +1

    For some reason I thought it was a close failure, the term “parker” will forever be stained for me

  • @rumanda36
    @rumanda36 2 роки тому +38

    Magnificent engineering, some of us never thought we’d see the day something like this could be achieved.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +3

      Because it's not possible. The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing.

    • @5446isnotmynumber
      @5446isnotmynumber 2 роки тому +2

      Engineering is why god left us, we shouldve never ate the fruit of knowledge

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому +1

      @@5446isnotmynumber God didn't leave humanity.

    • @5446isnotmynumber
      @5446isnotmynumber 2 роки тому

      @@jameshenrysmith8426 Is the earth really flat?

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      @@5446isnotmynumber Not sure how they deal with Antarctica if it is.

  • @l88ch3r
    @l88ch3r 2 роки тому +11

    That solar furnace looks amazing! I want to see a video on that! Great video.

    • @Just_Sara
      @Just_Sara 2 роки тому +3

      Me too, I didn't even know it existed until now.

  • @deep.space.12
    @deep.space.12 2 роки тому +77

    The scientists and engineers who worked so hard to design a probe that could touch the sun must be disappointed to know that nowadays they could just walk outside their homes to collect particles of corona.

  • @breshkotashmal7362
    @breshkotashmal7362 8 місяців тому +1

    Everything I know about orbiting procedures I learned from Kerbal Space Program.

  • @mikiqex
    @mikiqex 2 роки тому +6

    I usually don't have the attention span required for a 20 min YT video. Not this time. What an excellent job!

    • @02markcal
      @02markcal 2 роки тому

      I agree, this was so fascinating, I was mesmerized by the bright scientific minds behind it.

  • @Dimitar7
    @Dimitar7 2 роки тому +10

    How gorgeous your video format is boggles my mind! The video is so well-written, shot and edited. Keep it up, your work matters!

  • @AggregateMediaGroup
    @AggregateMediaGroup 2 роки тому +8

    "NASA was finally able to complete the impossible mission by going at night" - Tina Fey, 2021

  • @haroldmcbroom7807
    @haroldmcbroom7807 Рік тому +1

    Science shows its intelligence sparing no expense too great, nor distance too far, in areas in which it most determined to succeed, but also, its utter contempt for human life in avoiding those issues such as corporate greed and corruption that affect, invade and control our daily lives with no prospect for a brighter future, outside of their own comforts.

  • @BamigboyeAdeboye
    @BamigboyeAdeboye 2 роки тому +20

    I am a Nigerian mechanical engineering (not a scammer ) student, and I have been watching your channel for about 4 years now, and with every video I watch I think more and more as a real engineer , So thank you. Ps the insane engineering series is the best thing since sliced bread thanks.

    • @mmukulkhedekar4752
      @mmukulkhedekar4752 2 роки тому +2

      lmao why did you have to mention "not a scammer"

    • @krpticspawn7069
      @krpticspawn7069 2 роки тому +2

      @@mmukulkhedekar4752 well cause most peeps assume Nigerians are scammers soo yea lol

    • @BADVlBES
      @BADVlBES Рік тому

      (Not a scammer) 😂

  • @DazePhase
    @DazePhase 2 роки тому +5

    The engineering behind this probe is trully amazing. Great achievement!

  • @erikketelhut3722
    @erikketelhut3722 2 роки тому +18

    Great video as always. I have just one issue with it: you said the process of changing the altitude of apoapsis or periapsis was named a Hohmann transfer. This is not true. A Hohmann transfer is the combination of two of the maneuvers you described, performed with the goal of elevating or lowering the orbital altitude as a whole. i.e. going from a 450km(Apoapsis) x 400km(Periapsis) orbit to a 1200km x 1100km orbit could be achieved via Hohmann transfer, going from a 450km x 400km orbit to a 450km x 800km orbit could not, as that can be done in one maneuver. The defining characteristic of a Hohmann transfer is that it consists of two maneuvers, done sequentially at opposite points in the orbit, both of which are either prograde or retrograde.

  • @frostburn2982
    @frostburn2982 Рік тому +1

    The reason for the corona being so hot is because that's the admin-only barrier, dude. Only reason the parker probe got through was because its buggy entity model abused spaghetti code to glitch past this barrier

  • @greywolf6443
    @greywolf6443 2 роки тому +6

    It's so mind bogglingt and humbling how far we as a species have come in our knowledge and our drive for even more knowledge.

    • @hazardeur
      @hazardeur 2 роки тому

      and while we certainly have amassed a lot of knowledge, we are unfortunately not very smart as we cannot solve a lot more basic problems here on earth

    • @BeautifulDove-i7u
      @BeautifulDove-i7u 8 місяців тому

      Absolute lies

  • @gabedarrett1301
    @gabedarrett1301 2 роки тому +9

    Please do a video on small nuclear reactors, especially thorium reactors. Excellent content, as always!

  • @danthemanx999
    @danthemanx999 2 роки тому +4

    This is beyond fascinating. I remember when they offered "The hot ticket" back in 2018. Time flies.

  • @ileanasemail
    @ileanasemail 2 роки тому +282

    Seeing these miracles of the human mind out there, ready and well able to explore the space for us.....makes us take them all for granted.
    That's why, watching videos like this is SO FASCINATING and enlightening. Thank you.

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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    • @bm337
      @bm337 2 роки тому +1

      @@rmejc why?

    • @fnln8229
      @fnln8229 2 роки тому +7

      @@rmejc Troll.

    • @ossiehalvorson7702
      @ossiehalvorson7702 2 роки тому +7

      @@rmejc If you're worried about it not being real, I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you about the certainty of how "real" we are ourselves, whether on a philosophical or scientific basis.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

  • @chilledburrito
    @chilledburrito Рік тому +1

    human 1: "hey look, a giant ball of magma that can kill you just by looking at it for to long, and its over 150 million KM away"
    HUman 2: "... lets touch it"

  • @nicstroud
    @nicstroud 2 роки тому +49

    Aphelion is pronounced app-hee-lee-on as opposed to ay-fee-lee-on.
    The helion part remains the same just the ap and peri change.

    • @disgruntledegghead6923
      @disgruntledegghead6923 2 роки тому +5

      That's good to know.

    • @fowlerj111
      @fowlerj111 2 роки тому +1

      +

    • @EdwardDowner
      @EdwardDowner 2 роки тому +5

      Came here to say the same thing. Aphelion is the apoapsis for the sun (Helios), apogee for the Earth (Gaia), and apocynthion/apolune/apselene for the Moon (ouch).

    • @MikesTropicalTech
      @MikesTropicalTech 2 роки тому +3

      It could have just been the Irish accent breaking through... :^)

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 2 роки тому +2

      Heard of accents?

  • @jomiar309
    @jomiar309 2 роки тому +19

    I knew the probe was innovative, but I didn't realize all that went into it! That's awesome!
    Also, fusion power is pretty neat, but we have fission power right now that is essentially boundless power. Heck, we can even recycle the fuel and create more fuel than we use. All that technology has been demonstrated for decades, and yet we still romanticize the much more technically difficult, energy hungry fusion. Kinda weird.

    • @sean_miller
      @sean_miller Рік тому

      Everyone's afraid of fission. Meanwhile, they're trying to solve issues with carbon emissions by building inefficient and costly wind and solar farms when the real solution is right in front of their noses. It's like they WANT global warming.

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 Рік тому

      Natural human desire to do better. When we broke the sound barrier, we went "nah, not good enough" and doubled then tripled that speed.

  • @10slimboy
    @10slimboy 2 роки тому +6

    I get so excited when I see these videos, its crazy

    • @dmeemd7787
      @dmeemd7787 2 роки тому +1

      Same!

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

      𝐒͠𝐩͠𝐞͠𝐜͠𝐢͠𝐚͠𝐥͠ 𝐝͠𝐚͠𝐭͠𝐢͠𝐧͠𝐠͠ 𝐟͠𝐨͠𝐫͠ 𝐲͠𝐨͠𝐮͠➺ sexy-nudegirls.host
      Anna is a beautiful girl.
      He's the person I love, he's my light
      day. The way the music flows and sounds
      is extravagant and fun. Anna is
      icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
      a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
      I love NBA Anna.#垃圾

  • @bajablaster1
    @bajablaster1 7 місяців тому +1

    I think it’s the most basic concept of “heat rises “
    I mean clearly the energy is greater if it’s being ejected in solar flares etc, not saying a flare is solely where the heat comes from. But again, the greater energy is going away from the center

  • @karstenbley4608
    @karstenbley4608 2 роки тому +13

    Props to the insane cameraman!

    • @ozlikatura9407
      @ozlikatura9407 2 роки тому

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      Anna is a beautiful girl.
      He's the person I love, he's my light
      day. The way the music flows and sounds
      is extravagant and fun. Anna is
      icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
      a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
      I love NBA Anna.#垃圾

  • @kenkeller
    @kenkeller 2 роки тому +7

    Absolutely stunning stuff, as per usual. Easily one of the most interesting, best curated channel on the scientific side of UA-cam.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

  • @KAZVorpal
    @KAZVorpal 2 роки тому +7

    Actually, flames have EXACTLY the same tendency. The center of a flame tends to be far cooler than the tip. Whether the tip is the hottest, or a point between the center and tip, depends on the kind of fire.
    But the important part is that fire gets hotter as you move away, much like a star.
    In both cases, this is because the chemical reaction progresses as it moves outward.

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B 2 роки тому +2

      In the case of the Sun it's most likely due to magnetic fields adding energy to the particles, and since the gas gets more and more tenuous (less dense) the farther you get away from the Sun there's less for them to collide with and lose the energy so they tend to get very high speeds = high temperature.

    • @Sledr1994
      @Sledr1994 2 роки тому +2

      ERM... except there's no chemical reaction involved in the sun. Combustion only happens in presence of oxygen. These are nuclear reaction, which is a very different thing!

    • @KAZVorpal
      @KAZVorpal 2 роки тому +2

      @@Sledr1994 Okay, yes, technically anything involving the nucleus is not chemistry. But a similar event is occurring, where for a while the temperature rises as distance increases in a perfectly reasonable way.

    • @KAZVorpal
      @KAZVorpal 2 роки тому +3

      @@Mike__B Yes, my objection is mainly the premise that this is (A) Different than fire and (B) Counterintuitive.

    • @TheMachDisk
      @TheMachDisk 7 місяців тому

      Different process. Unlike in a flame where the heat generating reaction occurs throughout including at the surface, The heat generating reaction in the sun (I.e. fusion) only occurs in the core of the star where the pressure is high enough to overcome Coulomb repulsion. Whatever heats the upper solar atmosphere has to be a different process hence the theories about it being magnetic fields transferring energy.

  • @capsulesBenjasmiques
    @capsulesBenjasmiques 6 місяців тому +1

    "The power of the sun, in the palm of my hands"
    - Doctor Octavius

    • @JM-vp8zc
      @JM-vp8zc 3 місяці тому

      Peter Parker Solar Probe

  • @agschwend
    @agschwend 2 роки тому +27

    Very well made. Thank you. I am only bothered by one thing. In my humble opinion, 45 billions are not much for a world changing experiment. (talking about ITER) humans spend multiples of this amount on war. Imagine what we could achieve with so much budget in science and engineering.

    • @mennovanlavieren3885
      @mennovanlavieren3885 2 роки тому +5

      ITER's budget was 5 bilion euro when I first read about it in the 2000's. According to wikipedia its starting budget was 6 bil.
      As much as I like fusion, I afraid that ITER is more about politics and prestige than about science.

    • @johnfisher3380
      @johnfisher3380 2 роки тому +3

      Also remember, that private fusion startups are getting to net positive energy even sooner at a fraction of the cost of ITER! This may seem like an unpopular opinion, but just imagine how much more humankind could have accomplished if so many resources and years of effort had never been siphoned into government war making or government research!

    • @Jaker788
      @Jaker788 2 роки тому +3

      @@johnfisher3380 ITER has itself created new and improved technology, it's not a total loss. Those net positive stories from startups are also still far from close, they're still just nanoseconds of time and unable to sustain it.
      ITER with it's large size is theoretically far more capable of sustaining net positive energy. No single private company is able to do this project. That is why tons of companies have been tasked with making the best thing possible for ITER, like the world's most powerful electromagnet for containment. Collaboration like this takes a lot of time and a lot of work to make sure everything works together and is following spec. Some of the parts took over a decade to develop because of the technical complexity and not existing before.

    • @OlsenJustin
      @OlsenJustin 2 роки тому +2

      Cut regulations, improve education, make it easier for people to start innovative companies, make a society that kids spend more tim learning and less time worried about social acceptance. If this sounds amazing it’s exactly what China’s doing right now. It’s sad that the west will be left behind,

    • @waffles9771
      @waffles9771 2 роки тому +2

      @@OlsenJustin Easier said than done

  • @himankan
    @himankan Рік тому +3

    India's Aditya L1 mission was launched to lagrange L1 point with similar objectives. This is a great opportunity for ISRO and NASA to share and compile data.

  • @howdlej123
    @howdlej123 6 місяців тому +1

    Kerbal space program knowledge came in handy for this video.

    • @jbram63
      @jbram63 5 місяців тому

      I kept hearing “Kerbin” when he’d say “carbon” 😆

  • @ryanfitzy1083
    @ryanfitzy1083 2 роки тому +6

    This was truly an amazing video. You did a tremendous job telling it in great detail. And I see you've got like another million subs. Congrats on a great channel. Keep them coming. And thankyou for sharing.

  • @nosuchthing8
    @nosuchthing8 2 роки тому +13

    Question, would a mirrored surface have been a better choice than the white paint?

    • @RealEngineering
      @RealEngineering  2 роки тому +27

      No, mirrors reflect visible light and absorb a good deal of infrared

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 2 роки тому +3

      @@RealEngineering Ah, you took the bait. Thanks for the answer! I just wanted to thank you for this amazing content!!!! Take care sir.

    • @salvadorrosas1981
      @salvadorrosas1981 2 роки тому +12

      @@nosuchthing8 out here playing chess 😂

    • @netherwolves3412
      @netherwolves3412 2 роки тому +1

      @@salvadorrosas1981 haha

    • @cjadventures8840
      @cjadventures8840 2 роки тому

      @@nosuchthing8 bruh smart

  • @IrocZIV
    @IrocZIV 2 роки тому +7

    This kind of coverage really helps you to understand how impressive these feats are.

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @micheas_westward
      @micheas_westward 2 роки тому

      Humans are not almighty to understand how impressive the feats are

  • @coldicecubes0
    @coldicecubes0 7 місяців тому +1

    10:47 "let me just blast the eyes of ppl watching this at night on their phone"

  • @LordKittenfish
    @LordKittenfish 2 роки тому +37

    Touch grass ❌
    -Lame
    -Easy
    -No engineering
    Touch the sun ✅
    -Awesome
    -Incredibly difficult
    -Lots of engineering

  • @Theminecraftian772
    @Theminecraftian772 2 роки тому +4

    Great video with great information. And the narration is perfect for speeding up to 2X to save time. I'm really excited about this kind of heat deflection technology and sun approaching probes. It's one step closer to star lifting, something that could, if we crack it, could pave the way for space bases and solar collection mega structures.
    (I just realized that the plans of most orbital solar collectors rely on setting up mercury and mining it out to get material, but if we can start star lifting before that, it would save a lot of time and resources.)

  • @kolmaxik
    @kolmaxik 2 роки тому +4

    0:45
    Our closest stir

  • @lifeitself354
    @lifeitself354 2 роки тому +1

    I think the most impressive thing is that us as a species went from ooga boogaring at each other to shooting rockets into space

  • @samuelschonenberger
    @samuelschonenberger 2 роки тому +4

    These space engineering videos are always the highlights of the channel
    The creativity and the insane ideas to overcome the most extreme conditions is always facinating

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      The earth is flat and actually Satan has taken credit for the ball earth thing actually.

    • @samuelschonenberger
      @samuelschonenberger 2 роки тому +2

      @@jameshenrysmith8426 Can't believe it, the Pastanarians lied to me, I thought it was Dounut shaped

    • @jameshenrysmith8426
      @jameshenrysmith8426 2 роки тому

      @@samuelschonenberger ??????

    • @niconicoshi
      @niconicoshi Рік тому

      @@samuelschonenberger deeznuts shaped.

  • @scylex47
    @scylex47 2 роки тому +6

    Never been this early to an upload, super excited

  • @williamgill5286
    @williamgill5286 2 роки тому +11

    It blows my mind how fast we have been advancing the last 100-200 years. Its the most advancements in a short time that humans have ever made in their existence. I cannot even imagine what another 100-200 years will bring. The more advancements we make, the faster n faster we advance its like a runaway train. Especially once AI gets better and even starts teaching us things n helping us advance even faster, its gonna be a wild ride with no way to stop it unless a major worldwide disaster happens and sets us back. Im 30 now and kinda wish i was born later so i can see more of the crazy stuff we will come up with but at the same time i kinda dont cuz the future is shaping up to be a bit scary and possibly distopian

    • @paulriversred738
      @paulriversred738 2 роки тому

      Another 100 or so yrs we will be along way away from this planet maybe not everyone I just hope we get it right and leave and can stay alive before we blow this planet up

  • @zachariahgoh856
    @zachariahgoh856 Рік тому +2

    The atmosphere of the Sun being the hottest part could be due to the fact solar flares and radiation are launched up so the atmosphere gets more heating than the "surface" as the heat giving out by the core of the Sun dissipates as it moves up so the "surface" is not actually that hot.

  • @pioneer_1148
    @pioneer_1148 2 роки тому +6

    There is a slight error at 3:38. You quote an orbital velocity of 9.2km/s for earth. Whereas, the actual figure is 7.8km/s.
    The 9.2km/s figure is, however, often quoted as a rule of thumb the delta v (potential acceleration) needed to reach orbit. With the 1.4km/s discrepancy being due to the inefficiencies due to "gravity loss" (where the rocket is burning fuel to fight gravity rather than accelerate) and atmospheric drag involved in rocket launches.
    I would appreciate if you would pin this comment or add a note to the discription to clarify this.
    Thanks and keep up the great work

  • @engineeringmaniac9696
    @engineeringmaniac9696 2 роки тому +5

    Appreciate your effort detailing such a complicated mission to this extend. It was great to watch though my brain had a thermal shutdown. Solar flares !!! :D

    • @rafaelhuijon2389
      @rafaelhuijon2389 2 роки тому +1

      True. Some here criticize the lack of depth, but for someone like me, it just tells me how ignorant I am in this field. It is good that there are people that point to errors or omissions so we can dig more if needed.

  • @polop2897
    @polop2897 Рік тому +2

    huge respect for the person with a thermometer who went to the sun to measure it's temperature

    • @jdc1957
      @jdc1957 Рік тому

      They went at Night.

  • @adampattison1064
    @adampattison1064 Рік тому +3

    Cool cartoons!

  • @xneffenx
    @xneffenx Рік тому +1

    16:12 my jaw dropped watching this, so intriguing

  • @00linered
    @00linered 4 місяці тому +3

    Hey is there any update on this?

  • @tobymax10
    @tobymax10 Рік тому +2

    This kind of stuff makes me wildly excited to be an engineer. I’ve got an internship interview today and about 2 more years in college

  • @kasparsrumbenieks
    @kasparsrumbenieks 2 роки тому +4

    Absolute respect and amazement about quality work that is being put in these series.
    Keep up the good work!!!

  • @sarthakdeore1815
    @sarthakdeore1815 2 роки тому +7

    I wonder how some people comment good things about the video even without watching it!

    • @dredfell
      @dredfell 2 роки тому +2

      Wouldn’t be surprised if at least some are bots or something

    • @sarthakdeore1815
      @sarthakdeore1815 2 роки тому +2

      @@dredfell I don't think these educational channels do that sort of thing.

    • @sarthakdeore1815
      @sarthakdeore1815 2 роки тому +2

      @@dredfell What I'm saying is how lonely these people would be in real life to actually comment "First, second, etc" even without watching the video.

    • @dredfell
      @dredfell 2 роки тому +2

      @@sarthakdeore1815 true, although there tends to be bots everywhere these days, even if they’re not run by the channels themselves.
      Not all of ‘em will be bots though - some people like to comment to boost YT’s algorithm too!

  • @hades1303
    @hades1303 Рік тому +4

    According to the video, the parker solar probe had to face 3500 C temperature for example at 14:20, but at 1:28 you said corona has a temp more than half a million C. Have I been mistaken and didn't watch the video properly? or is there a mistake in the information provided in this video?
    Because I cant imagine a man made object surviving half a million C temp!
    Apart from this, I really enjoyed the video kudos to this channel!

    • @nuntana2
      @nuntana2 Рік тому +1

      The corona gets up to million or more degrees, but it is not all encompassing in that while the particles in there attain that kind of 'heat', they are relatively few and far between and thus the actual temperature that the probe experiences within the corona is a lot less. Thus, it's all about heat transfer. Liken it to putting your hand in 50-degree (celsius) water--which is hot--and then 50-degree air... the latter feels nowhere near as 'hot'. That heat shield is amazing plus the probe has cooling.

    • @hades1303
      @hades1303 Рік тому

      @@nuntana2 ohh thanks for providing this information!!

    • @BeautifulDove-i7u
      @BeautifulDove-i7u 8 місяців тому

      Absolute lies

  • @TheRiddlerEdits
    @TheRiddlerEdits 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @alexvankeulen7171
    @alexvankeulen7171 Рік тому +3

    Not calling the ship Icarus is a huge missed opportunity

  • @TS_Mind_Swept
    @TS_Mind_Swept 2 роки тому +16

    The sun is kind of a mood to be honest, impossibly hot in the surrounding area, but on the surface it's nice and warm; only those few willing to wether and break through the exterior layer will get to experience how pleasant the interior really is

    • @capapofa
      @capapofa Рік тому +4

      "Nice and warm" * vaporizes instantly *

    • @TS_Mind_Swept
      @TS_Mind_Swept Рік тому

      @@capapofa *likes own comment

    • @capapofa
      @capapofa Рік тому +3

      @@TS_Mind_Swept i'll like this one too

    • @TS_Mind_Swept
      @TS_Mind_Swept Рік тому

      @@capapofa go ahead, keep saying what kind of person you are

    • @capapofa
      @capapofa Рік тому +2

      @@TS_Mind_Swept bro why tf are u like this what did i say that offended you 💀💀💀