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...)
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.)
To: Axenolith
Its 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
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