ESA Google+ Hangout highlights some of the dangers facing Rosetta and Philae

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Rosetta is a mission of firsts. It is the first mission to successfully chase and rendezvous with a comet, and hopefully in November it will be the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a celestial body that's so unlike anything we have explored before. Unfortunately, as is so often the case with firsts, there are untold risks and complications that are difficult to foresee ahead of time, but here are some of the dangers that we know about. .. Continue Reading ESA Google+ Hangout highlights some of the dangers facing Rosetta and Philae

Section: Space

Tags: Comets, ESA, Google, Historic, Philae, Rosetta, Spacecraft

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