ESA Rosetta mission

[NeutronNick]

..thought this might be of interest to forum members,

http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/story/20150430-rosetta-the-whole-story/index.html

Nick

[Paul73]

Good read. thanks

Paul

[FLECKYRFC]

When i look at the HD pictures sent back from Comet 67P - the detail is just fantastic!

It's truly amazing how we can calculate the trajectory of a comet and precisely land a craft on an object moving at 34,000 mph with a spin, 10 years into the future.

What a true achievement for all involved with the Rosetta program!

[gkec]

Having worked extensively on Cassini Huygens and have had involvement with Rosetta I feel I have to point out a few "don't let the facts get in the way of a good story".  

Cassini Huygens would never have worked on solar power.  Saturn is too far away from the Sun.  The Cassini probe is nuclear powered and Huygens was battery powered.

The Cassini Huygens launcher a Titan iVB was more powerful than the Russian Proton rocket that launched Rosetta.

However both missions have provided immeasurable scientific data and I do hope Philea is able to provide more data once it gets enough power.