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September 09, 2015

Comet Hitchhiker Would Take Tour of Small Bodies
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 09, 2015
Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn't easy. You have to figure out how to land your spacecraft safely and then get it on its way to the next destination. The landing part is especially tricky for asteroids and comets, which have low gravitational pull. A concept called Comet Hitchhiker, developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, puts forth a new way to get into orbit and land on comets and asteroids, using the kinetic energy - the energy of motion - ... read more

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