Rosetta Comet Landing
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- PonyBoy
Holy shit!... we're trying to land and washing machine on a comet! (or something the size of a washing machine that should send all sorts of cool pictures and data to us while tethered to a comet). Rad.
Live stream of the days events here: http://new.livestream.com/esa/co…
Looks like the next update isn't until early afternoon (US time): "Live ESA TV report on first science data coming from Philae during descent. Touch down expected 16:02 GMT / 17:02 CET."
- georgesIII0
can't wait,
but I said it before if they find something we're not supposed to see, the feed will drop- they've been orbiting it for many months taking detailed photos and readings from it alreadymonospaced
- And what are we going to see. Do aliens make bases on comets too?ETM
- WHY THE FUCK NOT!!!
don't be housist!! :)georgesIII - dumb questionmonospaced
- ********0
...and the comet is travelling 37 kms per second
- Well the earth is about 30km/s in orbitanimatedgif
- lol so?********
- That everything in space is moving so that stat isn't relevant really.animatedgif
- relative to the earth it's relevantmonospaced
- Set, it's reactions like that that make people here query wtf you think you're on about when you accuse others of being 'ignorant'.detritus
- ...'ignorant'.
detritus - the fuck are you talking about now? That the earth is moving to is absolutely irrelevant to landing it on a moving comet********
- christ you're a relentless prick********
- I mean seriously what are you talking about? Absolutely clueless.********
- landing a drone on a moving car, what relevance is it whether you're in a moving plane in another country controlling the drone? None.********
- ...the drone. None.********
- ...but it's relevant that the car you're trying to land the drone on is moving. Sick of you chiming in.********
- haha, of course it's not you that's clueless here, of course!detritus
- http://thumbs.dreams…detritus
- you keep saying that but nothing you've said makes any sense...********
- boring troll********
- only an idiot calls other people clueless without having any kind of coherent reason why. Haha...********
- now I have a machine gun
ho ho hodetritus - it's an amazing feat to manoeuvre it into the orbit of a comet travelling at 37 km/s.... no?********
- what relevance does the earth's speed through space have to that? What aren't you getting? Tiresome.********
- You were the one who mocked its relevance, set - indeed, it is amazing. Even MORE amazing because of the Earth's relative speed.detritus
- ...relative speed. All I ever do is dish out to you what you dish out to others. THAT's the point I make, no other. xdetritus
- lol so?detritus
- Ah, so you're a self confessed social justice warrior..********
- with a stinking wobbly piss froth hat********
- I cannot fathom how you whipped that urine up into such a froth, let alone how it got up there.********
- Bluejam0
this is pretty good, use the mouse to change view/angles...
- ********0
Today scientists will try to land a washing machine on a comet travelling 37 kms per second, and I'm trying to make a brand colour palette work.
Good luck to us all.
- Yeah, the brand guidelines I'm working on will really help humanity out as well - good luck indeed... ho humantimotion
- oh you utter fucking cunt. Sarcasm straight over your head, haha.********
- Lord, have mercy on us********
- pretty sure he caught the sarcasm and built on it himselfmonospaced
- are you********
- you know me, swear first ask questions later yo********
- uan0
- georgesIII0
10min to go
- i_monk0
Success!
- PonyBoy0
success!
- Salarrue0
landed!
- mekk0
set, how is your colour palette thing going on?
- ETM0
- PonyBoy0
Philae lander, @philae2014
Posted at 16:07
tweets: Touchdown! My new address: 67P! #CometLanding
- scarabin0
so it's there for good now?
- i_monk0
Earth is now out-numbered by robot-colonized planets and space rocks.
- georgesIII0
wooooooohooooooo
USA!!
USA!!!
USA!!!!
- georgesIII0
NOW LET'S GO TO FREAKING EUROPA