Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Spectacular Space Program: Esa researchers want minilab on comets ... - ABC Online

With a spectacular space program, the European Space Agency ESA wants to find out more about the origin of the solar system. Details can be there today in the Satellite Control Centre of ESA in Darmstadt.

The space probe “Rosetta”, which has long been the go to, approach a comet. For November 2014 it is planned that their mini-lab “Philae” lands on it – an unprecedented action by Esa-information in the space history

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comets should contain primordial matter from the beginning of the solar system 4.6 billion years. “Rosetta” and “Philae” should also provide information about whether comets once brought water and life on the earth.

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