I'll get round to giving this a write up along with the titles I promised to review earlier this month (last month!). If I could just stop reading damned books for five minutes I could actually write about them!
It's very interesting to look back at what you've read and try to think about it because if you're like me, it'll end up being a blur that you vaguely remember reading once and never properly digesting.
As such, the idea is to solidify my memory of these books. An entirely selfish act for your reading pleasure!
The actual interesting point is this:
http://rosetta.esa.int/
The European Space Agency is trying to land a probe on an asteroid. The thruster that's supposed to push the craft onto the asteroid while its drilling legs and underbelly harpoon activate and secure it to the rock is no longer working, and as such I'm not sure what's going to stop the thing just bouncing back off into space.
The comms delay is roughly 30 minutes (half a light hour, which makes it what, 3 and a three quater AU from earth?) and the expected landing time is roughly 6.30 GMT. I'll be in bed when it happens, but you might not be!
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