Only a few days ago, the Philae probe became the first spacecraft to land on the surface of a comet. It reached Comet 67P on 12 November and after a bumpy and nail biting landing it successfully sent back data to earth. The first of it’s kind in fact. The probe was awake for roughly 64 hours before it ran out of battery and entered it’s sleepy hibernation mode. The Rosetta spacecraft however is currently continuing its orbit and delivering more observations about the comet back to the ESA.
On the day of it’s landing, Scienceogram founder and physicist Andrew Steele, created an infographic about just how much the Rosetta mission had cost. And then it went viral.
I spoke to Andrew about his infographic and newfound fame. Checkout the video below.
Mo' Money Mo' Science 