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Cosmicboss
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Not sure it landed so much as crashed...its probably upside down in a crumpled mess of metal and silicon by now. At least its still sending signals which is hopeful. The lander was decending so slow that it is hihgly unlikely that it "crashed" hence it is still probably in one whole piece and hence able to communicate with rosseta and Erth  Barranquilla procera e inmortal. Corroncho Crunching |
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Fascinating webcast! I just watched it live, but a reply will likely be available soon at http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding. This one is proper engineering / science stuff.
Lots of images and data coming back. After two bounces it's stable and doing some science. They're not quite sure exactly where it is yet, it seems to have one foot off the ground, and it's going to be short of light to recharge the battery. They may not be able to drill but they'll probably have a go before the battery runs out of juice because they might not get another shot at it. I think they've done a fantastic job. Even if the mission can't keep going beyond the life of the main battery they'll still have enough data to keep people busy for a couple of years. And if they can keep going they could have some real fun. Congratulations to the whole team! |
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Dataman
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European space probe marooned in comet's shadows
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yoro42
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Great NEWS!  |
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And so it could eventually be, that men who'd fell to earth: Philae has found organic molecules on Comet 67P
Also further down on that page, a link to images of the 'bouncing' lander.http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/17/new-images-show-philae |
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Pretty cool picture, if 67p would have made a soft landing over los angelos, not one like philae made, you'd get this. Although, the last true color images indicate the comet is dust dirty red, not black.
  Note the exhaust on the right side, for when it gets closer to the sun.  |
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The fridge sized lander woke up, operating at -35C [-31F, 238K] and 24 Watts output.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33126885 |
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alged
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NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY FAREWELL
----------------------------------------IT WAS A GREAT AND FANTASTIC ADVENTURE ! Ground control bids farewell to Philae comet lander Good girl ROSETTA still on the watch around Churi  |
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alged
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ROSETTA IS GOING TO A SOFT PROGRAMMED CRASH ON CHURI
----------------------------------------That phase has begun August 9 to end Sept 30 is programmed in two steps and Rosetta shud be able to transmit more closer pictures of the comet than we ever had before to read in french -sorry: Rosetta entame aujourd'hui sa descente fatale vers sa comète and:Rosetta finale set for 30 September nothing is over till the very end ! |
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