A late evening at the Museum
On Wednesday evening (28/01/15), Dr Simon Sheridan and I had an exhibit at the Science Musuem’s Lates event. These are themed free-to-enter events held by the museum on the last Wednesday of every month. The theme in January was “Engineer Your Future” an event to encourage engineering in the UK and we were there to showcase the OU’s Ptolemy instrument on the Philae Lander. We were surprised at how popular the event was, with 4310 people attending. It was an enjoyable evening, describing the ambitious Rosetta mission and re-living the excitement of landing on the comet. Many were fascinated and amused by the 3D comet model that we used during the landing site selection meetings, “Chury” the plastic duck. At the end of the evening we handed “Chury” to the museum curators for posterity, it is now a national treasure!
Andrew Morse
Dr Andrew Morse (without refreshment! and facing away from the camera) explains the pitfalls and difficulties involved in landing on a comet and then staying on it once you have touched down. (image: Simon Sheridan)
Dr Simon Sheridan (far right) talking to some visitors at the Science Museum’s Lates event. Simon is explaining the engineering challenges involved in constucting the OU’s Ptolemy mass spectrometer, which is part of the instrument package on the Rosetta Mission’s Philae Lander. (image: Andrew Morse)
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