Hello all,
Arie asked me for an update, so here it is!
We have just passed a major mission milestone, over two years at the comet! A nice way to celebrate that was the rendering of the orbit around the comet since July 2014.
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2016/08/05/celebrating-two-years-at-the-comet/
We have called it the
Hi Matt, thanx for the update! We’re all looking forward for the ‘crash’ of Rosetta on 67P on september 30th. Do you think there is a possibility that Rosetta (or parts of it) will survive the crash?
Parts could survive and likely will, but the spacecraft won’t be in good shape, it was designed to “fly” not land. Once we lose contact with the HGA (high gain antenna) that is it, we won’t know anything more about Rosetta.
Until some curious scientist sometime in 2070’s decides he want to take a look and makes a flyby with his spaceship.
Just dreaming. 😉
Kind regards,
Gert (Enceladus)