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NASA Developing Comet 'Harpoon'

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Michael500ca

17 views • Jan 20, 2012

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A comet's gravity is approximately a millionth that of Earth's, so a spacecraft wouldn't actually land on a comet; it would have to attach itself somehow, probably with some kind of harpoon. NASA Goddard engineers figure if you have to use a harpoon anyway, you might as well design it to collect your sample.

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