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by jhayward 2624 days ago
You don't so much land on a comet, as dock with it. And I think they kinda less-than-succeeded at that.
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They got down at the expected speed just fine. Except that speed is enough to bounce two times if your harpoons fire but don't stick in the crust because it is even more crunchy than expected.
As I said, a failed docking attempt.