• Question: @catherine are you interseted in the rosetta project?

    Asked by Grace Healy to Laura, Catherine on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Catherine Conaghan

      Catherine Conaghan answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Of course, it is such a huge achievement for all involved and something that will go down in history. 10 years work went into what happened yesterday – I can’t even imagine the excitement and relieve all those engineers that worked on it experienced when it landed!

    • Photo: Laura Tobin

      Laura Tobin answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      I was glued to it. I love all things space. It was pretty cool that part of it was made in Maynooth and maybe I’m a bit biased but one of the lander engineers is from my hometown of Mullingar, Laurence O’Rourke. If I had the chance, I’d totally go into space. This mission was so important for the future of humans and space travel. It’s mad to think it left about 10 years ago to start it’s incredible journey. Think of the technology back then and how it had to last in the harsh environment of space and how if anything broke, it couldn’t be repaired. It’s amazing!

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