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Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE !
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I never said congratulations to your countrymen at Astrium GmbH who were the main contractor for Rosetta ( even though we built it here in Stevenage ;) Astrium GmbH was the old Daimler-Benz Aerospace company and I believe the chief designer of Rosetta was also the designer of the Mercedes 240D diesel taxi from the 70's - here is why: Rosetta has 9,600,000,000km on the original engine and is still going strong. Rosetta was left out in the winter at temperatures of -200C in all space weathers for 31 months, then started up again first time. Rosetta has an impressive chrome grille and hood ornaments. [ link to thinkinc.org.au] The solar arrays make a very solid "clunk" noise when you close them. K Quoting: K Hall LOL .
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