Mercury Astronaut Selected – IOTW Report

Mercury Astronaut Selected

The People’s Cube reports that NASA is planning a manned mission to Mercury and have already selected one of their own for the flight.

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Noted glaciologist and Antarctic ice expert , Jay Zwally will lead the effort to study the effects of climate change on the planet closest to the sun.

Dr. Zwally was reportedly handpicked by the President after his most recent published paper on the net gain of Antarctic ice.

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Zwally’s paper Here

10 Comments on Mercury Astronaut Selected

  1. Without reading any of the link, a manned mission to Mercury??? Isn’t the surface of the planet hotter then molten lead? And even if they don’t land the radiation from being so close to the sun would be fatal.

    Is this a joke?

    I think the Bill Nye suggestion is excellent.

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