I submit that the Ray Bradbury reference is more likely to be to the title story of the collection "The Golden Apples of the Sun", in which a spaceship is sent to obtain an actual sample of the sun's substance - not that far from what Quintum is doing in the comic. (The crisis of the story is when the ship's vital refrigeration system fails and must be repaired.)
I submit that the Ray Bradbury reference is more likely to be to the title story of the collection "The Golden Apples of the Sun", in which a spaceship is sent to obtain an actual sample of the sun's substance - not that far from what Quintum is doing in the comic. (The crisis of the story is when the ship's vital refrigeration system fails and must be repaired.)