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
Pretty doggone cool IMO.
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.
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.
This is a game changer (fyi I'm an idiot who has no clue about science)
This is insanely awesome! :thumbup:
Now all we need to do is drill a hole and drop a nuke!
Sorry to echo the guys above me but this is pretty cool.
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.
Quote from: 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.
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.