Using LEGO® to simulate ESA's touchdown on a comet

Comets are primeval leftovers from the origins of the Solar System. To fully understand these ancient objects and perhaps the origins of life on Earth, ESA's Rosetta mission will rendezvous with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. In November of that year, Rosetta's Philae lander will touchdown on the comet and thoroughly investigate its composition.

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[MrChrisRab]

The only person who disliked this video was jealous because they didn't have as many LEGOs.

[KevinRussellSpaceSimSTEAMphony]

Good production values. I hope the team can continue possibly now that Rosetta will be heading for nucleus in May 2014 and then landing in Nov 2014.

[Skybuildhero]

Awesome! You really should explain more missions like this!

[SpectreMk]

Good luck to sort all the bricks by color now! 

[Sociallyawkward]

This is so awsome I love this video I always wanted to know about comets and what they are made from and I’m curious and I love things that has to do with space . 💫⭐️🌟☄️

[jijzer]

looking forward to the 20 to see her wake up good job esa

[NeonsStyleHD]

So if it arrived in May 2014, where is are the images etc of the comet? I'd have thought you would be posting them here.

[CroatianMinecrafter]

Comet sniffers :D
Man I'd with to be an astronaut.

[twiho]

Hm too bad the anchoring didn't work :( :( :(. But I am excited about the mission nonetheless.

[BoringRitzScapeStuff]

Comets are building blocks of the solar system? Can someone please elaborate on that?

[ArsenioDev]

c...ca...can i have all those bricks now?