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广播听力:Comet Lander Philae Ends up in Cliff's Shadow

Source: CRI    2014-11-14  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

Scientists with the European Space Agency have put out first-ever image taken from the surface of a comet.

The images have come from the ESA's lander, which this week managed to land on a comet for the first time.

However, the lander appears to have fallen in the shadow of a cliff, posing a potential problem for its solar panels.

Jean-Pierre Bibring is the lead scientist for the lander.

"You see we are just in the shadow of a cliff and that, as you will understand, is part of the problem, in which we are... Of course we wanted to land independently of where we would like to be, but of course to be the more illuminated would be the real best and we are not really well il