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To: Gamecock

It’s weight with respect to the comet is about a gram, and it was designed apparently to utilize that tiny gravitational tug to land and sink grapples.


23 posted on 11/13/2014 6:05:29 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Axenolith

But generating enough “bounce” to take jump 1km and then having enough enough gravity exerted to come back down is something I can’t get my mind around.

Of course my degrees are focused more towards the life sciences, not physics.


26 posted on 11/13/2014 6:10:49 PM PST by Gamecock (USA, Ret. 27 years.)
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To: Axenolith
It’s weight with respect to the comet is about a gram, and it was designed apparently to utilize that tiny gravitational tug to land and sink grapples.


One of these mounted on each foot with a radio controlled trigger (we could call the trigger a mouse), would be sufficient to jump the lander off the comet and let it relocate. After all on comets it's location, location, location.

35 posted on 11/13/2014 6:38:30 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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