Rosetta's ultimate destination — in 2014 — is comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a 3-mile long irregular chunk of ice, frozen gases and dust named for its discoverers, Soviet astronomers Klim Churyumov and Svetlana Gerasimenko.
To: NormsRevenge; KevinDavis
2 posted on
02/24/2007 2:31:24 PM PST by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
a couple of simulation fly-by videos and more pics&info at the ESA Rosetta web site. Click the pic.
3 posted on
02/24/2007 2:31:59 PM PST by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ......)
To: NormsRevenge
10 years?
New Horizons makes its slingshot of Jupiter on Wednesday - then on to Pluto!
To: NormsRevenge
And this time, they will be missing Mars on purpose!
To: NormsRevenge
I'm perplexed with the battery. No monitoring was added?
What happens if the comet starts rotating with the lander on it, so that the solar panels aren't soaking up the rays for an extended length of time?
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