Philae your comet is waiting Dr Holger Sierks is the principle - TopicsExpress



          

Philae your comet is waiting Dr Holger Sierks is the principle investigator for Rosettas cameras and explained just how important the lander was. It will sample the surface, it will drill into it and analyse the material it sees. It even carries it into an oven and bakes the material to sniff the volatiles [chemical elements], to find out if there are organics in there, pre-biotics or building blocks. For us, well find volatiles, the water, and even link the water to the water we have here on earth. bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-29985988
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:12:10 +0000

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