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The plumbing specialties distributor plans to begin operations in Portland next month.

The plumbing specialties distributor plans to begin operations in Portland next month.

Its destination -- an icy comet orbiting deep in our solar system, an almost impossible target to hit. think of it like firing a cannonball from los angeles all the way to new york. trying to hit a specific horse on a spinning merry go round. if that part works, rosetta's sidekick will land on the comet's surface in november. comets are the oldest things in the solar system. inside their soil could be clues to the origins of life. >> we hope to learn more about how life on earth came to be and so it's a completely unique opportunity to dig back into the past. >> reporter: rosetta is now wide a...

And it seems like this is exacerbating the problem. one of the private companies that healthcare.gov works with had this network failure. >> and last night it was like zero entry. maybe -- they've been furiously trying to repair this. so maybe that is sketchy this morning. here is the other issue. you know, absent being able to get online and do your shopping, you're being referred to an 800 number. can they deal with that, good old-fashioned of phone systems. >> i called that number and within minutes, you know, two minutes or so, i was able to get on. and i got on very quickly with an operat...