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The lonely life of a lost lander

As Comet 67P nears the Sun, increasing the chance of Philae lander waking up, Richard Hollingham tracks down other space robots who will never see home again.

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    Zarnecki suggests it is worth thinking about how remarkable these spacecraft – and the people who built them – are. “I think they should get as much publicity as the Kardashians,” he says. “The people who send these probes to distant places should be more highly credited and praised – they are our first tentative steps into the Solar System and beyond.”

    He does have a point.

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