Rosetta Mission: Attempted landing this morning (8am or so)

[red321]

http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/live/2014/nov/12/rosetta-comet-landing-live-blog

 

 

European Space Agency is in the process of trying to land a probe on a comet

[red321]

Philae has landed...well done Euros.

[gotbeer]

So it was a Rosetta Stone?

[gotbeer]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/

 

Looks nothing like Armageddon.

[red321]

Those are some awesome photos

[Stradling]

how big is that comet?

[Tank]

CAPRICORN ONE!!!!!

[Tank]

man, that's very impressive work. good job, ESA.

[mrwicked]

What an amazing feat of engineering.

It took over 10 years to get there! A f*cking decade.

That's insane.

[Adam]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/

 

Looks nothing like Armageddon.

 

Michael Bay is full of shit

[AngelsLongBall]

What an amazing feat of engineering.

It took over 10 years to get there! A f*cking decade.

That's insane.

The math involved to slingshot around the universe and then meet up with a target 10 years later is absolutely insane.  Probably started planning this with a nifty TI-85

[Spirit]

Philae has landed...well done Euros.

 

 

"Suck it, NASA!"  -  crooked toothed Euro scientist 

[gotbeer]

The math involved to slingshot around the universe and then meet up with a target 10 years later is absolutely insane.  Probably started planning this with a nifty TI-85

 

That's one heck of a big sligshot.

[TobiasFunke]

It's probably fake

[Ray McKigney]

http://www.iflscience.com/space/graphic-shows-size-rosettas-comet

 

Edited November 14, 2014 by Ray McKigney

[gotbeer]

That's a big twinkie.

[Hollyw00d]

Where's the exploding geysers and confetti?

[Hollyw00d]

The math involved to slingshot around the universe and then meet up with a target 10 years later is absolutely insane.  Probably started planning this with a nifty TI-85

"I've been planning this all week son!"

[gotbeer]

Tin foil time!!

 

Philae comet lander alien ‘cover-up’ conspiracy theories emerge

[Tank]

 

Tin foil time!!

 

Philae comet lander alien ‘cover-up’ conspiracy theories emerge

 

 

Jim Inak Â·  Top Commenter · South Hills Catholic

All the cynics regarding this story are going to feel really stupid when one of the photos on this comet shows all of those Heaven's Gate suicide folks smiling and waving at the camera.

 

lol. brilliant.

[Taylor]

Hopefully the comet gets sucked into a black hole and we can discover if Christopher Nolan was right.

[red321]

ESA making a last ditch effort to try and move Philae to a sunnier location. The current location does not allow for sufficient sunlight to reach the solar panels.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/live/2014/nov/14/rosetta-mission-philaes-third-day-on-comet-as-it-happens

 

 

That’s it for today. The Philae mission looks almost certain to be coming to an end. Tomorrow we will know one way or the other whether it has survived the night.

It has been an extraordinary rollercoaster. Amid all the anxiety about the lander’s limited lifetime, behind the scenes, the science teams have been working. We are promised many fascinating results but the analysis will take time.

[gotbeer]

10 year in prep.  Less than a week of life.  

 

Meanwhile, Opportunity is still mourning his brother, by continuing his mission 11 years after landing on Mars, over 10 years past his lifespan.