For example, the magnetometer data is processed and cleaned within roughly 15 minutes of it being recorded. Even if no big event takes place there is still a lot of science that can be performed in analysing the evolution of the same packet of solar wind as it travels outwards into the Solar System.īecause of its position and relative proximity to Earth, Solar Orbiter has so far been able to stay in almost continual contact, beaming back large quantities of data. Such ‘linkage science’ is one of the main drivers behind the Solar Orbiter mission. Solar Orbiter’s remote sensing instruments may also be able to pinpoint the origin of any event on the solar surface. This will allow them to join the dots of any space weather event as it crosses the 150 million kilometres between the Sun and the Earth. They will combine Solar Orbiter observations with those of other spacecraft operating nearer the Earth, such as the Hinode and IRIS spacecraft in Earth orbit, and SOHO, stationed 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth. This behaviour is known as space weather, and scientists can use today’s Earth-Sun line crossing to study it in a unique way. It carries the Sun’s magnetic field into space, where it can interact with planets to create aurorae and disrupt electrical technology.Magnetic activity on the Sun, often taking place above sunspots, can create gusts in the wind enhancing these effects. We don’t get to enjoy what it feels like to fly.The Sun releases a constant stream of particles into space. It’s a shame really, that we trick people into believing it’s all about the destination. They got the golden ticket but couldn’t get in. Elders who have finally “made it” but have lost their purpose and their meaning. Western culture weaves the story that “if we work hard enough will finally get to relax.” It drives us, ceaselessly towards an imaginary payoff. This is counter to what our culture tells us. But what I am saying is: that is not the goal in life. Not at al! Rest and recuperation are incredibly important. We are created to invent, build, and express. We were not designed to sit in leisure or to consume endlessly – media, food, comfort. It is complacency of the highest order. We are made to grow, to change, and to adapt. So hubris is a type of arrogance, it is the belief that you finally made it. There is something so strange about the human animal in that it seems to thrive when it is challenged. Do you understand this? This is so fundamentally important! But we, as humans, try to make meaning of the world around us and more often than not we turn it into stress. They are neither good nor bad, they just are. The things themselves are inherently empty – that is, the things themselves do not hold any value or meaning. Stress comes from the meaning that we attribute to things, not from the things themselves. I am humbled in every moment of confusion. I’m reminded daily of how little I know and understand about this world. To think that I somehow “made it” or that I’m better than others. Almost as a reminder, “you’re not done yet.” The constant reminder never to let up, and let my guard down. Just when I finally pat myself on the back and get comfortable life throws me a curve ball. Have you gotten everything you’ve always wanted and then tried to take a little more? Have you been shocked by the results? It’s happened to me plenty of times. It is the universe’s way of punishing us for taking just a little too much. Hubris takes hold just when we have succeeded. About what happens when we think we have it all figured out. A young Icarus plummeted, screaming, into the ocean. And in that moment, his wings made of wax melted. Higher and higher until he flew so high that he could touch the sun. He flew past his village, over the mountains, and out to sea. He constructed wings made of wax and took to the sky, he wanted to challenge the gods.īut then he got cocky and he flew higher and higher. Are you familiar with the myth of Icarus?
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