Good idea, nice job, successful execution, lets wait for the data.
But.
Couldnt these folks have taken this amazing experiment 1 step further? I mean by actually using the comet as a vehicle for our data collection deep into outer space going farther and faster than our own machines. Good to learn about the comets composition and maybe we find something startling there, but the comets path(which we probably know, and hopefully it goes farther than anything we can reach) should provide a "cost effective" method of sending our "spies" out into the universe!
I think if we latch onto these comets and can gather data, photographs etc we can have many many "hubbles" "working for us" out there!
Or if too unrealistic, atleast we hope to see this as a very interesting scenario in a sci fi hollywood flick soon.
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Good idea, nice job, successful execution, lets wait for the data. But. Couldnt these folks have taken this amazing experiment 1 step further? I mean by actually using the comet as a vehicle for our data collection deep into outer space going farther and faster than our own machines. Good to learn about the comets composition and maybe we find something startling there, but the comets path(which we probably know, and hopefully it goes farther than anything we can reach) should provide a "cost effective" method of sending our "spies" out into the universe! I think if we latch onto these comets and can gather data, photographs etc we can have many many "hubbles" "working for us" out there! Or if too unrealistic, atleast we hope to see this as a very interesting scenario in a sci fi hollywood flick soon.