A mission well played and an efficient use of taxpayer money too. They wrung every last bit of scientific data out of every last dollar. Lights go out on NASA’s Stardust comet mission Fresh off a bonus flyby of comet Tempel 1 in February, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft fired its four main engines for more than [...]
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