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(CNN) -- From the realms of science fiction to science fact, the Rosetta mission will reach its climax on Wednesday, when the mission scientists attempt their most audacious feat to date -- to put a robotic lander on a moving comet.
It has been a decade-long
chase around the solar system for the spacecraft to catch up with its
constantly moving target, Churyumov-Gerasimenko -- better known as Comet
67P. For many who gaze dreamily at the stars above, this is one of the
most exciting thing to happen in recent memory. But why should everyone
else care?
To answer this question, CNN has brought together five experts in space
science to explain why the Rosetta mission is a monumental achievement,
regardless of whether or not they succeed in putting the Philae lander
on the surface of the comet.
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