NASA's PUNCH sharpens solar storm forecasting in first test (phys.org)

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[-] tunetardis@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is really good news. It's hard to overstate how much damage a large, unforecasted CME event could do. It could be civilization-ending given where we are at this point.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I hope that when a really bad CME event that happens that we previously would not have been able to forecast without this.... that this work is celebrated for saving so many lives pre-emptively.

I want it quantified in terms of dollars spent on the project per life saved, I bet it will be a damn good deal.

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