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Rosetta Comet Rendezvous Postponed

Posted by michael on from the day-late-and-a-euro-short dept.

Hobnut writes "This space-scoop on the BBC reveals that the Rosetta mission has been cancelled. Well.. for now at least. It looks as if we'll have to wait indefinitely before we can do comet-surface science with the Euro-Space agency. I wonder if this has anything to do with last month's Ariane 5 explosion (ESAs launch vehicle) , which will surely go down in history as one the worlds most expensive fireworks. Let's hope the mission is back on soon."

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  1. Not really... by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 4, Informative

    "I wonder if this has anything to do with last month's Ariane 5 explosion (ESAs launch vehicle) , which will surely go down in history as one the worlds most expensive fireworks. Let's hope the mission is back on soon."

    Actually, the challenger space shuttle, Apollo 1, Apollo 13, and the first 5 (failed) mercury missions were all more expensive than an Ariane 5.

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