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Europe ready to land 1st probe on streaking comet
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| Nov. 11, 2014 12:19 PM ET
| Frank Jordans
Posted on 11/12/2014 6:21:31 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
BERLIN (AP) — How do you land a spacecraft on a comet that is streaking by at 41,000 mph (66,000 kph)?
That's a problem scientists have been grappling with for more than a decade as they prepare for one of the most audacious space adventures ever — the European Space Agency's attempt to land a scientific probe on the giant ball of ice and dust known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Education; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometprobe; p67; philae; rosetta
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To: Fester Chugabrew; GeronL
Don’t look, Ethyl...
...it’s too late.
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a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: a fool in paradise
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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