Almost 10 years ago, the European Space Agency shot the Rosetta spacecraft into space, where it began a very long journey towards a comet called Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Early tomorrow morning, Rosetta will expel a tiny lander named Philae, which will attempt - for the first time in history - a soft landing on the face of a comet. This is EXTRAORDINARILY difficult, as the comet has a powerful magnetic field, is constantly expelling waves of dust, and will be spinning incredibly fast. Heres a pretty neat video detailing the mission: https://youtube/watch?v=D5iyZTXiX78 And heres a really freaky sound clip of the oscillations in the comets magnetic field: https://soundcloud/esaops/a-singing-comet Pretty amazing. Anyway, this things scheduled to touch down on the comet around 10:35 a.m. tomorrow OR crash and burn, and the space agencys ten years of hopes and dreams will go poof! Ones as likely as the other. Watch nasa.gov to hear updates.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:42:09 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015