Solar Week - Ask a Question



Come here during Solar Week (next one: March 22-26, 2021) to interact. To post a question, click on your area of interest from the topics below, and then click on the "Ask New Question" button. Or EMAIL or tweet or plant in Answer Garden your question about the Sun or life as a scientist to us -- and watch for it to appear here.  You can also visit our FAQs (frequently asked questions). In between Solar Weeks in October and March, you can view all the archives here.

PrevPrev Go to previous topic
NextNext Go to next topic
Last Post 3/23/2018 6:49 AM by  Mitzi Adams
Parker Solar Probe: water
 2 Replies
Sort:
You are not authorized to post a reply.
Author Messages

James





Posts:


--
3/22/2018 10:31 AM
    (from webinar): What keeps water from boiling in the pipes or freezing?

    Paulett Liewer



    Basic Member


    Posts:113
    Basic Member


    --
    3/22/2018 3:57 PM
    Hi

    With regard to the freezing, all spacecraft have carefully sized and placed heaters to keep not just the water, but all the instruments at temperatures within the range to which they have been designed.

    I'm sure the thermal design of Probe's "thermal protection system" won't let the water boil!

    Paulett (member of PSP science team)

    Mitzi Adams



    Basic Member


    Posts:101
    Basic Member


    --
    3/23/2018 6:49 AM
    PSP's heat shield will keep temperatures behind the shield to about room temperature. You can read more about PSP, the environment, and the instruments here:
    http://parkersolarprobe.j...Extreme-Environments
    You are not authorized to post a reply.


    Twitter Feed

    Scientist Leaderboard

    Name # of replies
    Multiverse skin is based on Greytness by Adammer