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NASA working on a comet harpoon |
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 16:27 |
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Call it Ishmael. Actually, no, call it the Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission spacecraft. Regardless of its name, the NASA vehicle will be wielding a harpoon, not unlike the narrator of Moby Dick.
Instead of hunting a white whale, however, it will be after a comet. Although the spacecraft itself is still a concept, its harpoon is in the works now...
Continue Reading NASA working on a comet harpoonSection: Science and EducationTags: NASA,
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