12 Nov 14
Originally posted by whodeyI just hope they don't find out the hard way the whole comet has some kind of static charge.
http://www.examiner.com/article/mystery-signal-from-rosetta-comet-confirmed-by-european-space-agency
We are about to land on the first comet in human history.
Oh, and there is some strange low frequency song coming from the said comet.
13 Nov 14
This seems to be more official than the one linked by me above, suggesting that the previous one was fake.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/philae-lander-sends-back-first-ever-image-from-comet-surface/ar-BBdttqv?ocid=DELLDHP
To my eye that looks like rock, not ice.
They were hoping for a view "to the horizon" but seem to be getting just a very short line of sight.
I wonder if slender rods extended by solenoids in a variety of directions from the lander would have been able to make it move around to different places/vantages? They could be almost like needles and still be stiff enough to lift the lander, given the microgravity.
13 Nov 14
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Originally posted by sonhouseIt landed on a rather small object some 317 million miles away traveling thousands of miles an hour.
So, the Eagle has landed. Now we will see if it still works!
Amazing.
That reminds me, does Obama have his health care web site up and working properly yet? 😛
Originally posted by whodeyOf course not. All you conservatives have made sure that funds to NASA and all research in the US has been cut so the 1% can buy another tropical island. Many US citizens chock full of brains and ambition to do research have fled for more friendly industrialized countries both north of the US border and across the pond.
It landed on a rather small object some 317 million miles away traveling thousands of miles an hour.
Amazing.
That reminds me, does Obama have his health care web site up and working properly yet? 😛
14 Nov 14
Originally posted by PhrannyRumor has it they landed some cargo on the comet placed there by Obama.
Of course not. All you conservatives have made sure that funds to NASA and all research in the US has been cut so the 1% can buy another tropical island. Many US citizens chock full of brains and ambition to do research have fled for more friendly industrialized countries both north of the US border and across the pond.
Apparently it is golf clubs and golf balls for his peeps on planet Marx.
14 Nov 14
Originally posted by whodeyYou're a broken, and unfunny, record. Is it actually possible for you to post in a thread without mentioning Obama whodey?
Rumor has it they landed some cargo on the comet placed there by Obama.
Apparently it is golf clubs and golf balls for his peeps on planet Marx.