Rosetta : the Lander

This transmission is the third in a series of four TV exchanges on Rosetta's new mission, and features the challenge to develop a lander to attach itself onto a comet, a small body of ice and dust, after a travel of nearly eleven years through interplanetary space.
The programme comprises of a 5 minute A-roll with split track and commentary and is complemented by a B-roll with clean international sound.

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Rosetta 'The lander' video
New revised script after edit 11/12/2003
10:00:40
Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, September 2002. The Rosetta
spacecraft prepared for its last terrestrial journey to the launch site at
Kourou in French Guiana.
10:00:53
After intensive final months of assembly and technical checks, ESA's
comet chaser was ready. Expectations were high with an Ariane 5 launch
scheduled but a few months away.
10:01:07
But when doubts arose about the launcher, the Rosetta lift-off in January
2003 had to be postponed. The spacecraft waited in Kourou whilst a new
cometary target was found. In November last year, work started again
preparing it for a February 2004 count-down.
10:01:30
The revised mission scenario is even more ambitious. After being released
by Ariane 5, Rosetta will embark on a ten-year journey.
10:01:41
No fewer that four planetary fly-bys will now be required to rendez-vous
with