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That being said, ESA landed on a comet. Which is arguably a much harder shot to make ;) literally, you shoot, wait a decade, and cross your fingers during landi

That being said, ESA landed on a comet. Which is arguably a much harder shot to make ;) literally, you shoot, wait a decade, and cross your fingers during landing ^^

jhayward 8y ago
You don't so much land on a comet, as dock with it. And I think they kinda less-than-succeeded at that.
- petschge 8y ago
  They got down at the expected speed just fine. Except that speed is enough to bounce two times if your harpoons fire but don't stick in the crust because it is even more crunchy than expected.
  - jhayward 8y ago
    As I said, a failed docking attempt.
pauldino 8y ago
And even if they didn’t ever manage to land on the moon, ESA did once land on a moon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_(spacecraft) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_(spacecraft)