10 year chase!

Here’s a cool gif of Rosetta approaching Comet 67P.  It blows my mind that it took ten years to stalk down this comet.  That’s commitment!  The whole project goes even farther back. Apparently the scientists who accomplished this started throwing around this idea in the 70’s and it was approved in 1993.  For reference, I graduated High School in 1993…

 

Rosetta arrives

Rosetta arrives!

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