It cost Irish people less to send something into space than to see a film about space

You probably know the Philae probe today touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and sent a signal to Earth - but did you know you paid for the mission?

It cost Irish people less to send something into space than to see a film about space

By Denise O'Donoghue

You probably know the Philae probe today touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and sent a signal to Earth - but did you know you paid for the mission?

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