[ WP ] We named him Icarus II .

We had to power it somehow. Fusion reactors are all well and good, but they do still need fuel, and when you are building a deep space research probe with an intended lifespan of hundreds of years, a more permanent solution is needed. 
 It was genius really. Harvest plasma from stars, use it to fuel a reactor. And it was all made possible by Icarus, the solar research station that lived up to its name. I wonder how its crew would feel if they knew the the event that killed them had taught us so much, enough to make this possible. I suppose it is fitting to name the probe after them.
