Saturday, January 25, 2014

Rosetta animation...

Rosetta animation...  The Rosetta team at ESA has put up a gorgeous animation of the entire Rosetta mission.  It's a huge web application that takes a while to download, so be patient.  It's worth it!  You can manipulate a slider to show the incredibly complex orbit they used to reach the comet in a fuel-efficient way, boomeranging around several planets.  Be sure to use the little i icon to get directions, and just below that there's a speaker icon you can click to mute the music...

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