We landed on a comet

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

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/

-Ed

[indianasmith]

Pretty doggone cool IMO.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Here are more details...
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.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

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

The comet and several famous Sci Fi ships.

[lester1/2jr]

This is a game changer (fyi I'm an idiot who has no clue about science)

[bob]

This is insanely awesome! 

[Bushma]

Now all we need to do is drill a hole and drop a nuke!

[Olivia Bauer]

Sorry to echo the guys above me but this is pretty cool.

[Rev. Powell]

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.

[Olivia Bauer]

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.