The Insane Engineering of the Parker Solar Probe

Sign up to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realengineering Watch this video ad free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realengineering-the-insane-engineering-of-the-parker-space-probe Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus References [1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/Sunlayers.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris/multimedia/layerzoo.html [2] https://www.weldingmania.com/newbie/welding-arc-temperature/ [3] https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-temperature#:~:text=Air%20is%20a%20very%20poor,the%20surface%20of%20the%20sun). [4] http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php#Where-Is-PSP [5] https://www.psi.edu/epo/faq/earth.html [6] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/basics/chapter4-1/ [7] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576520306512 [8] https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/launch-booklets/divh_parkersolarprobe_mob.pdf [9] https://www.techexplorist.com/parker-solar-probe-changed-the-game-before-it-even-launched/17503/ [10] http://sweap.cfa.harvard.edu/History.html [11] https://ultramet.com/parker-solar-probe-heat-shield/ [12] https://ultramet.com/refractory-open-cell-foams/reticulated-vitreous-carbon-foam/ [13] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/filament-lamp#:~:text=The%20tungsten%20filament%20lamp%20temperature,filament%2C%20which%20is%20resistively%20heated. [14] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt [15]https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt [16]https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2018/09/05/parker-solar-probe-continues-successful-commissioning-operations [17] https://youtu.be/Zc4jy_9Wpew?t=170 [18] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries [19] https://sppgway.jhuapl.edu/encounters Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Songs: Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung