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Scooped by Sakis Koukouvis
March 26, 2012 4:09 PM
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When, Why, and How You Should Harpoon a Comet

When, Why, and How You Should Harpoon a Comet | Science News | Scoop.it

How do you get a core sample from a comet? There’s so little gravity that if you used a scoop or a drill, you’d push yourself right off the surface. To solve this problem, we came up with a harpoon that collects samples

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December 14, 2011 1:12 PM
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Video: To Hunt Comets, NASA is Building a Giant Harpoon | Popular Science

Video: To Hunt Comets, NASA is Building a Giant Harpoon | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it
Goddard Space Flight Center is about to get medieval on some comets...
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