Rosetta: the ambition to turn science fiction into science fact ! Ambition is an awesome short film from the European Space Agency promoting the Rosetta Mission. The video combines Sci-fi with science to create interest on this remarkable quest for mankind.Actually what they are describing in the film is actually happening right now, for real. In case you didnt know about the #Rosetta mission - we are currently trying to study a comet to find out more about our own origins. Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the European Space Agency to perform a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with both an orbiter and lander module. Rosetta Mission : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_%28spacecraft%29 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko Comet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko This short film is posted on the +European Space Agency, ESA official YouTube channel. Imagine: with a wasteland as their canvas, a Master and his young Apprentice set about turning rubble into planets and moons, asteroids and comets. They levitate the worlds above their heads, spinning them in orbit around their symbolic Sun. “What is the key to life on Earth?” asks the Master. The Apprentice shakes her head. The answer is obvious: water. “For a long time, the origins of water, and indeed life on our planet remained an absolute mystery. So we began searching for answers beyond Earth,” the Master continues. “In time we turned to comets. One trillion celestial balls of dust, ice, complex molecules, left over from the birth of our Solar System. Once thought of as messengers of doom and destruction, and yet so enchanting. “And we were to catch one: a staggeringly ambitious plan.” Science fiction? No – science fact. MORE HERE esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_the_ambition_to_turn_science_fiction_into_science_fact youtube/watch?v=H08tGjXNHO4
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:41:16 +0000