March 2004 Rosetta was sent up into space into orbit around the Sun magically a little off the Earth's orbit
No magic. Planning and well-understood orbital mechanics.
around Earth and a year later Rosetta almost collided with planet Earth
Near pass, by design, and it worked.
- the first fly-by kick - that nobody saw. I would have loved to see it - Rosetta arriving at a certain speed and then due to Earth being kicked away towards Mars ... or where Mars will be when Rosetta crosses its orbit around the Sun - a second collision or fly by
What would you have been looking for? Do you know if it was bright enough to see naked-eye, or would you need a telescope of a certain size? I don't know. Tell us.
Don't miss the next time if you want to see something like this. You can get some equipment and practice tracking satellites now so the next time something like this is planned, you'll be ready. And pay attention to the announcements so you'll know when it's about to happen.
putting Rossetta into orbit around the Sun,
It was already in orbit around the Sun. The orbit was
changed significantly with each boost - that's the whole point - but it was already in solar orbit before each slingshot.
so it can almost collide with planet Earth many monthes later for a second fly-by
Another near pass, by design, and it worked.
that nobody saw,
I don't know if this is true or not. Do you have more details about why you think this is the case?
etc, etc. Science fiction as its worst!
[Arthur C.] Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Orbital mechanics must be too advanced for Heiwa because it seems like magic to him (see his first statement). The rest seems like science fiction because he thinks the basics are magic. Just because he doesn't understand something doesn't mean it isn't real.
In the end Rosetta is kicked out towards the elliptical orbit of the comet and when it arrives there course and speed is changed so it after a couple of months Rosette flies parallell with the comet in the orbit of the comet.
Yeah! Cool, eh!
How a spacecraft without engine can enter into an elliptical orbit of a comet is
.
Why do you think that it has no engine?
I do not like the Hells Angels dress code of the ESA staff, either.
Oh. Well, why didn't you say so earlier? Your taste in clothes
totally makes your arguments valid.
