Discussion: Scientists 'Confident' Comet Lander Will Wake Up As It Nears The Sun

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Cain’t be. Less’n God was ridin’ that there comet 6,728 years ago when he said let there be light, it ain’t had nuthin’ to do with nuthin’. ‘Sides, it was founded by a coupla Commie-soundin’ guys.

For future missions, is it possible to have a tether between the mother ship and lander that could recharge the lander’s batterys from the unshadowed mother ship? Alternatively, is it possible that the mother ship could deploy a reflector to bounce sunlight onto its shadowed lander?