This is a first in space history, a new and very dangerous gamble that will try Wednesday European scientists: put a small robot on a comet streaking over 65 000 km / h toward the sun.
It bears the name of the Ukrainians that they have discovered, Klim Churyumov and Svetlana Gerasimenko, we met in Darmstadt, Germany. "When our comet was chosen for the Rosetta mission, we were very happy and we jumped for joy, tell Klim Churyumov. Now everyone is talking about this comet is a historic event. And we will finally see its shape. "
After a launch in 2004 aboard the Rosetta probe 10 years of travel, so it's time for the big jump robot Philae. It may also be the beginning of a great scientific mission, which could explain the appearance of life on Earth.
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