During the spacecraft's
stay at Goddard, engineers and technicians will simulate
extreme temperatures and other physical stresses that the spacecraft will be subjected to during its historic mission to the Sun.
Gavin also identified the time dependant inconsistencies between solar insolation and measured
temperatures: 1st response: «Secondly, the range of solar changes from 1700 is from 0.05 % to
at the
extreme end 0.5 %, however, the potential range from 1850 onwards is smaller, and since 1950 has probably declined or
stayed steady.»