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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like its sitting there and will probably be fine as long as nothing disturbs it.


11 posted on 11/12/2014 2:50:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: cripplecreek
Un, it's on a rotating object that's prone to out-gassing and sublimation.

I'd bet it gets thrown off from a change in the comet's rotational axis from the loss of mass.

Assuming the anchors never imbed.

I wonder if a low power ion thruster would have been feasible to hold the craft down?

19 posted on 11/12/2014 3:05:28 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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