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Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm (www.earth.com)
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https://www.space.com/sun-fires-off-massive-x-class-solar-flares-may-11-2024

https://apnews.com/article/solar-storm-flares-eruption-sun-fc23251025efc2d20dc128dc0b6a7c68

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/10/world/solar-flares-storms-cme-auroras-scn/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/science/solar-storm-earth.html

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Just keep in mind that historically the use of wax as material for devices used in trying to reach the sun has ended up in catastrophe, so you might want to avoid that for your rocket.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's okay. We'll go at night.