An Ode to the Rosetta Spacecraft as It Flings Itself Into a Comet
An Ode to the Rosetta Spacecraft as It Flings Itself Into a Comet
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 3, 20166m 42s
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Show Notes
Today, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will engage its thrusters for one final maneuver: a suicidal plunge toward the comet it has been orbiting for two years and chasing for a decade. After Rosetta collides with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, its systems will go dark. Scientists will never hear from it again.
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