Rosetta is working on solar energy and gets further and further away from the sun. A longer stay in the space. The ESA has opted for a crash on the planet so that Rosetta during the crash is still valuable information can be collected and forward. “These are mainly photos, close-ups of the comet. They will be able to greatly going to zoom in, you would a pebble on can see them.”
But then will Rosetta for always silent.
“It is a mission which would have been more questions generated than answers,” says Ellerbroek. “We always thought that comets are a kind of dirty sneeuwbalen were: a combination of snow, sand and ice. But this comet turns out to be a kiezelhoop, with little ice.” The composition of the water on the comet also differs from the composition here on earth.


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