| View Larger Image | Mission to Halley's Comet | Video On DemandDirected By: Jonathan Martin
Also With: Philip Nugus (Producer), Dr. Simon Mitton (Writer), Dr. Jacqueline Mitton (Writer)
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| | Binding: | Video On Demand | | Studio: | Nugus/MartinProductions Ltd | | Release Date: | July 01, 2008 | | Genre: | Nonfiction | | Synopsis: | In 2062 Halley's Comet swings in from outer space. It sweeps round the Sun and close to Earth. The SIMs are sent on a mission to intercept it. They have to fly up through its tail of gas and dust, and try to land. It is a risky mission since it is not known whether the surface will be hard or soft. Even if they can land the SIMs will have to deal with very low gravity. Lander cautiously approaches the surface, and locates what seems to be a solid enough area. On the surface Wheels and Legs deploy their anchors.Legs wants to move off to a new exploration area, but a few steps out, he plunges through the surface crust and gets stuck. As Wheels begins to freeze-in Hover tries to lower a grapple. The micro-gravity means the grapple floats away and Hover cannot secure it to Legs. As the Comet gets closer to the Sun and the surface activity becomes more violent Legs is pulled clear, and the SIMs escape. | | Sales Rank: | 55,133th |
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