Just 2 weeks ago, the CONTOUR probe, launched July 3, was beginning its journey to two comets, one of which had broken into pieces. It now appears that the $159 million spacecraft has itself broken apart.
FANTASY VERSUS REALITY. How the CONTOUR spacecraft might have appeared visiting a comet in 2006.
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