17 Jan 2014 - Rosetta: To Chase a Comet

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-rosetta-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=46131)17 Jan 2014 - Rosetta: To Chase a Comet
To date, comets have been visited by spacecraft in a high-speed flyby; providing valuable insight, but fleeting glimpses, into the life of a comet. That is, until Rosetta.


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Anyone else read the article?

Seems kind of interesting/odd to me that they're doing this now and not before.

But cool!