11-11-2014, 10:46 AM
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ESA Rosetta's lander, Philae, successfully lands on a comet!
The Philae lander will separate from the Rosetta spacecraft tomorrow morning at just after 2 AM mountain time.
Philae will land on the comet at just after 9 AM mountain time.
Here is the Live Update page for the Rosetta mission:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Op..._comet_landing
Here are some awesome pictures:
Philae (click to massively embiggen)
Closeup image of comet's surface
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Last edited by Nehkara; 11-12-2014 at 11:46 AM.
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11-11-2014, 10:51 AM
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I immediately thought of Bruce Willis.
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11-11-2014, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by sa226
I immediately thought of Bruce Willis.
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Thankfully we don't need nukes for this one.
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11-11-2014, 10:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sa226
I immediately thought of Bruce Willis.
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I immediately thought of Full House
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11-11-2014, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by 1stLand
I immediately thought of Full House
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I immediately thought this must be a hoax like the moon landings 
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11-11-2014, 11:08 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Originally Posted by Nehkara
Thankfully we don't need nukes for this one.
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Until we find out that landing on the comet nudged it enough to collide with earth in 50 years.
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11-11-2014, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by photon
Until we find out that landing on the comet nudged it enough to collide with earth in 50 years.
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http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md...9o1_r1_500.gif
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11-12-2014, 08:13 AM
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Philae detached with no issues, getting very close to the surface now.
Touchdown confirmation not expected until at least 1702 CET.
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11-12-2014, 08:26 AM
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Within ~30 minutes it should touchdown.
Picture of Rosetta from Philae
Last edited by Ducay; 11-12-2014 at 08:28 AM.
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11-12-2014, 08:28 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Bye!
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11-12-2014, 08:28 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Should be landing in the next 8 minutes or so, we won't find out for almost half an hour.
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11-12-2014, 08:37 AM
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Yup, now we wait for the signal to travel to Earth, which takes ~35 minutes.
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11-12-2014, 08:43 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Agh I lost my video!
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11-12-2014, 09:04 AM
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It's landed!
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11-12-2014, 09:05 AM
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Too bad the livestream is just overview of people with no narration. No idea what triggered the celebrations. Was it deployment of thruster, harpoons, ice screws?
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11-12-2014, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Ducay
Too bad the livestream is just overview of people with no narration. No idea what triggered the celebrations. Was it deployment of thruster, harpoons, ice screws?
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Confirmation of signal from the surface.
ESA Operations @esaoperations
RECEIPT OF SIGNAL FROM SURFACE European Space Agency receiving signals from @Philae2014 on surface of comet #67P/CG #cometlanding
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11-12-2014, 09:07 AM
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This is so awesome.
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11-12-2014, 09:07 AM
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Another great leap forward for humanity. I can't believe this story isn't getting more buzz around the world. Humans landed a man-made object on a moving comet millions of kilometres away from us. This is some movie-like ####.
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11-12-2014, 09:13 AM
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My facebook is going nuts 
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11-12-2014, 09:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Another great leap forward for humanity. I can't believe this story isn't getting more buzz around the world. Humans landed a man-made object on a moving comet millions of kilometres away from us. This is some movie-like ####.
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I would imagine it gets more buzz here in Europe. Especially since it's happening at a much more convenient hour.
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