Philae, which is “about the size of a washing machine,” landed on the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as 67p. Its mission was to gather “valuable information about the origins of our solar system and how it evolved.” While on the comet, Philae tweeted a photo back to Rosetta about the breathtaking view. It took an entire decade to get to 67p, but Philae’s stay there will be short – only about 64 hours. However, Rosetta “will continue to travel with 67p, sending information about the comet back to Earth for as long as it can.”
Do you think the Philae mission is important to researchers? A probe called the Philae Lander was the first spacecraft to set down on a comet. In passage 1, “A Success in Space” by Camron Keady says the Philae lander’s job is to take pictures of the comet and dig up samples from the comet’s surface. In passage 2, “Comet probe may shed light on Earth’s past” by Ashley Yeager says the Philae lander has a mothership that landed on a comet 310 million miles away from Earth. The Philae mission was important for researchers because the lander traveled to the surface and performed a variety of scientific experiments, the mission could give valuable information for scientists to explain solar systems origin, and comets can help scientists learn more about the comet's landscape.
Second, it can reveal secrets about the makeup of comets that we do not know. From paragraph 5, passage 1 it states, “It could reveal secrets about the makeup of comets, the formation of our solar system, and even the origins of life.” This explanation can show us stuff we did not know before just not about comets are solar system is one of the oldest things in our solar system so, it is great to find out the secrets about them so we can research and find out even more. Above all, we have not found out everything, but just think of all the things we have not even discovered yet.
One day on November 12th, scientists sent the first probe to the comet, and it landed. The Probe (Philae) was sent to land on a comet in 2004 and decided to shut it down after a couple of years in 2011 to save energy, but when it landed it got stuck to where it couldn't see anything around it in passage 1: A success in space, by: Cameron Keady, And in passage 2: Comet probe may shed light on Earth's past, By: Ashley Yeager. The Philae was important for scientific research firstly, to bring back important information about the solar system, Next, revealing secrets about the comet s makeup, and lastly, getting pictures of the comet from Rosetta. First of all, Philae is an important gadget to bring back important information about the solar system.
Do you think the mission was a success? In the passage “A Success in Space” the author Cameron Keady says that the mission was a success because it gives researchers valuable information that they can use to study more. In the passage “Comet Probe may Shed Light on Earth’s Past” the author Ashley Yeager says that the mission was a success because scientists are studying more about the kinds of rocks, dust, and ice which they will have success because they know more about space. The mission was a success because the scientists are understanding more about space, the researchers are getting more information that helps them, and because the spacecraft got some pictures of the comet.
Scientists are counting on the Philae lander to help them gather information about our wondrous solar system. The Philae lander is a probe, sent to outer space to gather information about comets. Scientists also think they might be able to learn more about the origins of our solar system and how it evolved. The Philae mission was important for scientific research because the Rosetta probe stepped in when the Philae lander couldn’t do it and the scientists will risk a lot to learn so much more about comets.
Why is the Philae mission important for scientific research? The Philae mission was important for scientific research because it dug up materials for the scientists to research and study. In passage 1 “A success in space” by Cameron Keady, it focuses on giving us information about the Philae and when it reached its destination. In passage 2 “Comet probe may shed light on Earth’s path” by Ashley Yeager, it focuses on telling us more about comets and the robotic lander. The Philae mission was important for scientific research because it helped scientists better understand and learn new things about our solar system.
NASA has put lots of money toward their probes and rovers. They have used the knowledge for new technology. So the next time you learn about a space probe remember that NASA has spent a lot of time and work on each probe and rover, and also remember what NASA has done to help
Have you ever thought about space exploration? Do you think we should spend our valuable resources on it? Some people believe that we have a genetic desire to explore space. Although I believe that is false because our ancestors were doing absolutely fine without exploring space. We should not spend our valuable resources on space exploration.
People should spend money on space exploration, because humans are naturally curious and the cost for space travel is only a small fraction of the government's budget. To begin with, the cost for space exploration is only a small fraction of the government’s budget so why worry if space exploration is too expensive? As Maryanne Coronna stated in “Leaving Main Street'', “At a cost of six-tenths of a percent of the federal budget it’s well worth the price.” Nobody should be stressing about money for space exploration when the government can pay for it and still have enough money for other things like preserving Earth.
This is because of two reasons: one-- now the probe is in total darkness, and two-- it was, and still is, unable to properly drill into the surface of the comet to anchor itself. Originally, when notifications were received stating that Philae had not landed in the exact spot that was intended, mission control barely had any idea about the location of Philae. Rosetta had continued orbiting the comet and could not see the probe. It was not until much later that the team at ESA was able to locate Philae and determine that it was roughly two kilometers away from its intended landing target and in complete and utter
Space has helped hone the skills of scientist. By using satellite technology for space, they were able to use the same concept for Earth. Even with all the benefits of space, its major down falls are cost, risks, and low chances of reward for their efforts. Many space explorations cost fortunes with little to come out of it, making it almost seem not worth it. The risk is another key factor, with little known about the majority of space, many outliers can appear out of nowhere and can cause death to anyone that happens to be working up there.
Molecular oxygen has been found in the cloud of gas around a comet in apparent contradiction with theories of how our solar system was formed. The detection of molecular oxygen on a comet is 'the most surprising discovery so far' made by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, according to scientists. This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 7 July 2015 from a distance of 154 km from the comet centre. The image has a resolution of 13.1 m/pixel and measures 13.4 km across. Courtesy: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in an image captured by Rosetta.
This paper has given evidence of the benefits that were created through space exploration to contribute to education, culture, innovations, and new ways to address global challenge Space exploration gives educational and cultural purpose by filling a need to know the world, answer questions about our life and the nature of the Universe, and to enlarge the idea of what it is to be human. Because space exploration gives huge global investment and international partnerships, and because of its challenging nature, demands to develop the cutting edge technical capabilities needed, it gives opportunities to answer some of the global challenges today. When nations work together on space missions, this enlarges international cooperation into space. It gives interests and forges relationships that help make peace between nations.
At the international space station help find vacancies and research to cure some diseases. Astronauts aren 't just up their to study space but they conduct research on diseases and other bacteria to see how space affects them dn how and what they can do to. Space satellites like voyager 1 and 2 have done a huge amount of research on our galaxy and flew close enough to titan one of saturn 's moon humans now know that the surface is like on the water moon. It 's not just people conducting research but satellites do more research on our own planet and solar system and figure out weather patterns and asteroids distance and what the surface of Jupiter is like and other planets and because of starlights we know how hot the sun is and what 's its made of. Satellites help everyone down here on earth it gets internet, radio stations and all and any other type of communication expect for landline phones.
