Exactly, they cannot come to grips with their mythology that these comets are NOT ice. It is obvious to me, they are bedrock, and that is why the ice harpoons failed, they probably bounced off like Philae.
Maybe the next comet mission should include magnets on the probes “legs” and maybe they will not bounce?
that is why the ice harpoons failed, they probably bounced off like Philae.
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I think I read that the harpoons didn’t fire at all.