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Spacecraft Woken for Asteroid Encounter

space.com — A comet-chasing spacecraft has been awoken during its years-long journey so it can study an asteroid it will fly past this September. Launched in March 2004, Rosetta will reach its final destination only in 2014, after traveling a total of about 4 billion miles (6.5 billion kilometers). The spacecraft will also fly by asteroid Lutetia in June 2010.

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  • Aurabolt, on 07/06/2008, -6/+15I read the title as "Starcraft"
  • Oronar, on 07/06/2008, -2/+7About six hours. Only it's not four billion miles away, it's traveled four billion miles.
  • overridemymind, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Because, you know, we totally launch spacecraft running standard computing OS's
  • Lith25, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5248 days...really? Seems a bit long to me. How fast do radio waves travel anyway?
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5HAL: Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
  • Rompecoglioni, on 07/06/2008, -2/+5 Too late! By 21 Dec 2012 the Earth will be gone. Is a waste of taxpayers money
  • kmartshopper, on 07/06/2008, -3/+6As the craft is most surely launched running Windows XP and was also launched prior to Service Pack 2... it won't stand 15 minutes broadcasting before it is hijacked...
  • Oronar, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3@Lith Yeah, I'm a bit tired. I really ***** that up at first, fixed. :P
  • Julz, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2is it sad that i did to?
  • Masefield, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3"A question. Since before your sun burned hot in space, and before your race was born, I have awaited ... a question."
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -2/+3Who put the bomp
    In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
    Who put the ram
    In the rama lama ding dong?
    Who put the bop
    In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
    Who put the dip
    In the dip da dip da dip?
    Who was that man?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSp3zqqpvMo
  • jakefloyd, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2I wonder how long it takes for a signal to reach/be received from the spacecraft when it is 4 billion miles away?
  • skidzilla, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Why can't I find Apple & Cinnamon Ice Cream in my supermarket any more? :P
  • Enderplayer1, on 07/06/2008, -4/+4who disturbs my slumber!
  • aries3161, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2At least now i know what crashed in my backyard in april of 2004!
  • skidzilla, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Foolish signals from the fleshies. :P
  • raynar, on 07/06/2008, -5/+5thats why you're a virgin
  • Jumba990, on 07/06/2008, -3/+2I didn't
  • iNezy13, on 07/06/2008, -2/+1ten bucks says it glitches and won't wake from sleep mode like mine won't!!
  • r011aka, on 07/06/2008, -2/+0IS TI GALILEO???????
  • Aurabolt, on 07/06/2008, -8/+2This is the least amount of comments I've seen on a front page article
  • AzraDarkness, on 07/06/2008, -10/+076 diggs and frontpage?

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