When can man launch a satellite on Sun's surface ?

Question

When can man launch a satellite on Sun's surface ?

Answer 1

We have an unmanned spacecraft orbiting mercury right now (http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/), so we know we can get most of the way there.  If we really wanted to, we could easily build something to travel to the sun, but the trouble is that we really wouldn't learn much from such a spacecraft.  It's only function would be to fly towards the sun until the heat and radiation destroyed it, any data that it could return would probably be stuff we already know from all the other probes we have studying the sun at a safe distance.

Answer 2

That's impossible!!! Daaa, the sun's surface is unimaginably hot. Nothing will work or survive there and THERE IS NO SURFACE ON THE SUN, IT'S ALL GAS AND LAVA!

Answer 3

uh never, thats why the earth is 93,000,000+ miles away and we STILL can't stare at the sun or spend too long in it  OR we can get skin cancer or even 3rd degree burns over a couple of hours in it.

Nothing on this Earth could withstand the heat even on Venus with that kind of light and heat and its STILL over 67,000,000 miles from the sun.

when can man do that? TRY NEVER.

Answer 4

First of all, the sun is a ball of hot gas, you can't land there anyway. The outer layer of the sun is finally hotter (3 million degrees) as the official surface of the sun (6000 degrees).

Even getting very close to the sun is already a masterpiece of engineering.

Answer 5

I don't think any artificial satellite would work well (or at all) near the suns surface.

"The Sun's outer visible layer is called the photosphere and has a temperature of 6,000°C (11,000°F). This layer has a mottled appearance due to the turbulent eruptions of energy at the surface. "

Solar flares would also probably disrupt/ destory any satillites that are too close to the surface.

Answer 6

You mean TO, don't you? TO the sun?

Well, it could be done right now. Just launch it in the direction of the sun, avoid the planets, and let gravity do the rest.

But it would melt very quickly, before it even hit the surface.

And the circuits would stop working before that.

Not the best idea. What for anyway?

Answer 7

man can launch a satellite on Sun's surface after achieving some critical milestones.  man must first...

...develop material that will keep its structure at solar surface temperatures.

...design control system that operates successfully in the high gravity, high radiation, high magnetic field near the sun

...develop propulsion capable of exceeding escape velocity of sun

Answer 8

I don't believe any element on Earth can withstand 10000 degree F, which is the surface temperature of the Sun.  This would make it impossible to construct anything to be able to withstand its temperature. The Sun is mostly hydrogen gas and isn't lava. haha

When the Sun cools, its entire mass gets crushed by its gravity so you can't do it then.

Answer 9

Uh...when the Sun turns cold.