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Alright alright alright Philae Comet Landing

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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Live_updates_Rosetta_mission_comet_landing

12 November 2014
On 12 November, Rosetta’s Philae probe is set to make the first-ever landing on a comet when it touches down on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Separation of the lander is planned for about 09:03 GMT (10:03 CET), and touch down should follow about seven hours later, at 16:02 GMT (17:02 CET).
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That's ~8:00am pst / 11:00am est

Live feed -- http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding
 
can communicate with a probe ~310 million miles away; can't get the mics working to talk to each other in separate conference rooms 😀
 
awesome



who is this dude?

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In case people missed it, a really really cool promotional video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vlOgN_3QQ

The whole mission is totally nuts (in a positive way). A 10 year journey through the solar system to catch and land on a 4km comet. And it succeeded. It shows that mankind can accomplish even the wildest of dreams 🙂
 
pics of landing in about an hour or so.

on a side note, that press conference host Monika Jones did a fantastic job.
 
Amazing. I watched the live feed. They might have to try the anchors again though. Kind of a big deal. I get the feeling they aren't out of the woods, but went ahead and celebrated the landing, since that by itself is incredible. Landing on a comet? Holy shit.

Also, if they didn't include a camera on that thing...
 
witeken said:
I has already landed over an hour ago.
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Saw that but they just said they're not anchored and it may drift off.
They're attempting to refire the anchors to ensure it remains attached.

EDIT: Apparently moonbogg types faster than me. 😛
 
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Qbah said:
In case people missed it, a really really cool promotional video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vlOgN_3QQ

The whole mission is totally nuts (in a positive way). A 10 year journey through the solar system to catch and land on a 4km comet. And it succeeded. It shows that mankind can accomplish even the wildest of dreams 🙂
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that was a nice little video.

yeah the mission is nuts and they were able to pull it off. It really is amazing.
 
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