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Landing on Gilly, the asteroid orbiting Eve in KSP, will give an idea of the challenges of the low-gravity environment Rosetta/Philae are operating in. The Rose
by marvin 12y ago
Landing on Gilly, the asteroid orbiting Eve in KSP, will give an idea of the challenges of the low-gravity environment Rosetta/Philae are operating in. The Rosetta comet has lower gravity, though, by two orders of magnitude.
http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Gilly http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Gilly
- iliis 12y agoIndeed, KSP gives a good intuition about orbital mechanics and space travel. It makes you appreciate the skills of NASA/ESA/... engineers even more! Also, KSP now has 'real' asteroids! http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Asteroid http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Asteroid