from David Locklear
In about a month, the probe to land on Comet 67P will hopefully have a smooth touchdown. That may be exciting to see if it takes good pictures on the surface of a comet. In theory, the probe is on a ridgewalking mission. Right ? Except it will not be walking but making observations with a camera. So I guess it is on a ridge-filming mission. I think we should start a betting pool, about whether the Philea Lander, sees some karst potential, or something resembling a cave. Surely there could be talus caves. What about a slot canyon ? I do not understand why there is not debris flying off of the comet ? It would appear the trail of a comet is just the light reflecting off the dust in the wake as it ploys through the vacuum of space, just like the white color of the waves behind a boat. Hopefully there will be enough visible stratigraphy on the landscape to make a certain group of people finally wake up and smell the roses, as their theory of a flood 6,000 years ago, creating the layers would not make a bit of sense. My bet is that the surface ( of the landing sight ) will look like the flat areas around Socorro, New Mexico, except without the vegetation. But that landing spot only looks to be about 200 meters across. Right ? David Locklear Ref: https://cumbriansky.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/comet_on_15_august_2014_-_navcam-enh-b.jpg P.S. Thanks again to some more cavers that helped me correct my business flyer.
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