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2017-07-07 Science & Technology

Spacecraft unveiled for first Europe mission to Mercury

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Posted by Fred 2017-07-07 00:32|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Hope it runs as well as the comet mission.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-07 01:43|| 2017-07-07 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Will they be studying the effects of Global Warming?

Posted by Raj 2017-07-07 02:07|| 2017-07-07 02:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope it runs better than the comet mission!

Philae

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-07-07 02:16|| 2017-07-07 02:16|| Front Page Top

U.S. crew members identified.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-07 04:13|| 2017-07-07 04:13|| Front Page Top

#5 BepiColombo

???

Also, it would be a tragedy not to include Schumer in the crew.

Posted by gorb 2017-07-07 08:32|| 2017-07-07 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Better plan for a winter arrival.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-07-07 10:10|| 2017-07-07 10:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Set for launch in 2018

(Snicker) The environmental impact statement alone will take forty years.

Posted by charger 2017-07-07 12:19|| 2017-07-07 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 I hear they're planning to go at night to make it easier...

Posted by ed in texas 2017-07-07 19:51|| 2017-07-07 19:51|| Front Page Top

#9 The way Europe is headed now, I'd expect a mission to Uranus.

Posted by SteveS 2017-07-07 20:15|| 2017-07-07 20:15|| Front Page Top

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