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Title: We landed on a comet
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on November 12, 2014, 04:45:08 PM
Election season always leaves me depressed and despairing of the species ability to do anything but throw poo like other primates, so I was happy to see this bit of gee whizzedness.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/rosetta-philae-comet-landing-success/ (http://www.wired.com/2014/11/rosetta-philae-comet-landing-success/)

-Ed


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: indianasmith on November 12, 2014, 11:37:56 PM
Pretty doggone cool IMO.


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on November 13, 2014, 03:46:19 PM
Here are more details...
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/comet-landing-live-coverage-all-systems-go-for-lander-1657715708 (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/comet-landing-live-coverage-all-systems-go-for-lander-1657715708)

This is finally some of the future we were promised when I was a kid.


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on November 13, 2014, 04:35:48 PM
And one more... more in keeping with Badmovies.org

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-size-comparison-of-the-comet-with-popular-sci-fi-spac-1658215585 (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-size-comparison-of-the-comet-with-popular-sci-fi-spac-1658215585)

The comet and several famous Sci Fi ships.



Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: lester1/2jr on November 13, 2014, 04:50:24 PM
This is a game changer (fyi I'm an idiot who has no clue about science)


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: bob on November 13, 2014, 05:55:50 PM
This is insanely awesome!  :thumbup:


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: Bushma on November 13, 2014, 06:56:24 PM
Now all we need to do is drill a hole and drop a nuke!


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: Olivia Bauer on November 13, 2014, 07:27:06 PM
Sorry to echo the guys above me but this is pretty cool.


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: Rev. Powell on November 13, 2014, 07:43:41 PM
I  like the fact that you said "we" even though it wasn't Americans who achieved this feat. This accomplishment belongs to humanity, not to a nation.


Title: Re: We landed on a comet
Post by: Olivia Bauer on November 13, 2014, 10:17:57 PM
I  like the fact that you said "we" even though it wasn't Americans who achieved this feat. This accomplishment belongs to humanity, not to a nation.

Reminds me of the cold war and the space race.

It's all about being the first ones to do something related to space. It's pointless rhetoric.