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Sundiver was a proposed space mission to crash a probe into the Sun, while sending back data to Earth before burning up. It was proposed as a design study by the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Space Science as a Flagship mission to kick-start an Australian space program. The design study was proposed as a five-year study from 2011-2015 with a complement of 10 PhDs, budgeted at a cost of $10 M (Australian), leading to a Go/NoGo Decision in 2015.

The mission would have been comparable, in its close approach to the Sun, to the NASA Parker Solar Probe mission, although it would have only made a single pass into the solar corona.

External links

Article in The Australian announcing plans
Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science (Sundiver proposal begins on page 90)

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-'''Sundiver''' is a proposed space mission to crash a probe into the [[Sun]], sending back data to [[Earth]] before burning up.  It has been proposed as a design study by the [[Australian Academy of Science]]'s [[National Committee for Space Science]] as a Flagship mission to kick-start an Australian space program.  The design study is proposed as a five-year study from 2011-2015 with a complement of 10 PhDs, budgeted at a cost of $10 M (Australian), leading to a Go/NoGo Decision in 2015.
+{{Short description|Proposed mission to the Sun}}'''Sundiver''' was a proposed space mission to crash a probe into the [[Sun]], while sending back data to [[Earth]] before burning up.  It was proposed as a design study by the [[Australian Academy of Science]]'s [[National Committee for Space Science]] as a Flagship mission to kick-start an Australian space program.  The design study was proposed as a five-year study from 2011-2015 with a complement of 10 PhDs, budgeted at a cost of $10 M (Australian), leading to a Go/NoGo Decision in 2015.
-The mission would be comparable in its close approach to the Sun to the NASA [[Solar Probe Plus]] mission, although it would only make a single pass into the solar corona.
+The mission would have been comparable, in its close approach to the Sun, to the NASA [[Parker Solar Probe]] mission, although it would have only made a single pass into the solar corona.
 == External links ==
-* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22527985-30417,00.html Article in [[The Australian]] announcing plans]
+* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22527985-30417,00.html Article] in [[The Australian]] announcing plans
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111117155406/http://science.org.au/natcoms/nc-space/documents/nc-space-decadal-plan.pdf Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science] (Sundiver proposal begins on page 90)