[BAA Comets] ESA comet interceptor

[Nick James]

At the Comet Section meeting last month Dr. Colin Snodgrass talked about 
potential future cometary missions. You can watch the video here:

https://britastro.org/video/15371

ESA have today announced that one of the most exciting of these 
missions, the F-class Comet Interceptor mission, has been selected and 
should launch in the mid-2020s. It will wait at L2 until a suitable 
dynamically new comet is discovered and will then head off for a fast 
flyby as the comet moves through 1au.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ESA_s_new_mission_to_intercept_a_comet

Congratulations to Colin and the rest of the team involved in this 
exciting mission.

Nick.