Letter: Rosetta revival rebutted

Published 22 July 2015

From Sean O

• Cinzia Fantinati tells us that, unlike Philae, Rosetta needs fuel to wake up from hibernation; and that it only has fuel to last until mission’s end. Philae needs Rosetta to communicate with Earth: so, sadly, no.

'Neill writes:

Issue no. 3031 published 25 July 2015

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