A Dream of Alien Dread and a War of the Worlds, More or Less

( A somnal vision wherein the Earth is the subject of an indifferent alien landing )

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The probe must harness the gravitational forces of the planets to build up the speed it needs to chase down and catch the comet.

Rosetta's flight takes it round the Sun four times, Mars once and the Earth three times, before hurtling out towards Jupiter.

The moral is: never play pool against astrophysicists.