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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 million (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)
National Committee for Space and Radio Science

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-'''Sundiver''' was a proposed [[Spaceflight|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.
+'''Sundiver''' was a proposed [[Spaceflight|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 million (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 [[Stellar corona|solar corona]].