Reply to post: Re: Rosetta is cool?

Kamikaze Rosetta probe to ram comet it's chased for billions of miles

Wednesday 24th June 2015 09:24 GMT imanidiot

Re: Rosetta is cool?

Because Rosetta is the ORBITER and designed to stay prolonged periods in the sun. The LANDER, Philae, was not designed to handle direct continues exposure to the sun for extended periods of time.

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