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Comet Chasing

01/21/2014 7:46 AM

after hibernating a few years a deep space sat/probe woke up, this is fascinating stuff. quite an acheivmenthttp://www.gizmag.com/rosetta-wake-up/30499/
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01/21/2014 12:10 PM

Yes an amazing piece of navigation(although probably mostly done with computers)....Due for rendezvous in Aug, this is going to be exciting stuff if all goes as planned....

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/20/world/europe/rosetta-comet-probe/

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01/21/2014 10:53 PM

It makes you wonder if there is a market to reproduce cost effective 'liberty ships' in satellite form that are launched and parked in space for capacity sale as needed. If even deep space probes can be successfully kicked into gear, then surely cost effective multi-purpose geo-stationary craft (with a nuc and/or renewable energy source, sensors and comms links), should have a future?

Oh and I guess we could include a 3D printing environment for onsite self repairs.

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01/22/2014 10:22 AM

Sure sounds a lot more sensible than castrating yourself and drinking cool-aide just to chase a comet.

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