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Rosetta lined up for lander delivery
- privong 12y agoIt is a shame this mission has not gotten more press, but I hope it will be covered more once the landing happens on the 12th. Landing _on_ a comet is awesome, and getting to that point and orbiting a comet is an impressive feat.
- kryptiskt 12y agoIt doesn't help that the scientific team refuses to share images from their high-res instrument: http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/an-open-letter-to-the-osiris-project-team/ http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/an-open-letter-t...
- FranOntanaya 12y agoI've heard the Philae team may be more open. Everybody should be conscious that every little outreach frustrated by an embargo is taking money away from the next missions and teams; maybe if someone had been more restrictive before, Rosetta itself wouldn't have ever happened.
- pcrh 12y agoI don't know if these are the ones you are referring to, but they did release some neat images: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Missions/Rosetta http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Missions/Rosetta
- Luc 12y agoThose are from the NavCam. The high resolution Osiris camera can capture an area of 19x19cm per pixel at a distance of 10km from the comet.
- Osmium 12y agoIs there going to be any kind of 'live' stream/event happening? I'd love to set aside some time to watch it. Edit: wow, the orbits in the linked video look insane. I had no idea the comet was rotating so much with respect to the orbiter too (I appreciate the video is sped up).
- FranOntanaya 12y agoCNES probably will on November 12 between 15:30 and 19:30 CET. I would check the Planetary Society blog too that day for other links.
- readerrrr 12y agoThe result from soil samples will be very interesting.( water )
- androidb 12y agoIt's been a hell of a week for space enthusiasts (myself included) with the Antares crash and recent Virgin failure, so it feels extraordinary to hear that other projects are a success (or will be in 11 days).