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Join Date: May 2004
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2011-03-18, 09:25

Wow, I would've thought it would be impossible for a spacecraft to get close enough to orbit Mercury without frying under the intense radiation from the sun. I gather we must be orbiting during the "cold period" of the orbit but that only lasts for what, 30 days or something? How long does the orbital part of the mission last?

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