| Rosetta 14:20 - Nov 12 with 2765 views | D_Alien |
After 10 years spent travelling 4 billion miles, space probe Rosetta has released the landing craft Philae to descend onto a comet 300 million miles away. Due to touch down around 4pm, with confirmation around half an hour later if all the potential hazards have been avoided.
Probably the biggest event in space exploration since the moon landings 45 years ago, and a lot of the technical development was done in the UK.
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| Rosetta on 14:27 - Nov 12 with 2415 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
Tis good stuff indeed.......surely it's gonna smash up on landing though?
The surface is like a quarry.
Do hope it goes well. |  | | |
| Rosetta on 14:33 - Nov 12 with 2395 views | judd |
Moon landings? |  |
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| Rosetta on 14:36 - Nov 12 with 2384 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 14:33 - Nov 12 by judd |
Moon landings? |
Arf!
But surely they wouldn't try to fool us by making a giant rubber duck this time? | |
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| Rosetta on 14:44 - Nov 12 with 2365 views | judd |
| Rosetta on 14:36 - Nov 12 by D_Alien |
Arf!
But surely they wouldn't try to fool us by making a giant rubber duck this time? |
Those Clangers are capable of anything. | |
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| Rosetta on 16:11 - Nov 12 with 2268 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 14:44 - Nov 12 by judd |
Those Clangers are capable of anything. |
No clangers dropped...
It's landed! | |
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| Rosetta on 16:14 - Nov 12 with 2253 views | SuddenLad |
| Rosetta on 16:11 - Nov 12 by D_Alien |
No clangers dropped...
It's landed! |
Now lets hope it can drill its way into the surface and secure itself. By comparison, the technicalities of this operation makes the moon landing look like child's play.
Fantastic achievement. |  |
| “It is easier to fool people, than to convince them that they have been fooled†|
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| Rosetta on 16:14 - Nov 12 with 2252 views | judd |
| Rosetta on 16:11 - Nov 12 by D_Alien |
No clangers dropped...
It's landed! |
So they say. | |
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| Rosetta on 16:23 - Nov 12 with 2227 views | roccydaleian |
| Rosetta on 16:11 - Nov 12 by D_Alien |
No clangers dropped...
It's landed! |
Are you sure it's not a ball from one of Donnelly's shots. |  | | |
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| Rosetta on 16:28 - Nov 12 with 2218 views | Brierls |
They've come a long way...
...from selling those shit language courses. |  | | |
| Rosetta on 16:34 - Nov 12 with 2212 views | judd |
| Rosetta on 16:28 - Nov 12 by Brierls |
They've come a long way...
...from selling those shit language courses. |
I notice you've done one of them then. | |
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| Rosetta on 16:48 - Nov 12 with 2188 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 16:23 - Nov 12 by roccydaleian |
Are you sure it's not a ball from one of Donnelly's shots. |
Possibly - one of his testicles flew into space after an air shot | |
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| Rosetta on 18:26 - Nov 12 with 2095 views | R17ALE |
Rosetta only has another 1 billion miles to go to reach the Planet upon which some bury fans are living on. |  |
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| Rosetta on 18:32 - Nov 12 with 2085 views | judd |
And just to think my missus can't even reverse into a car parking space at Tesco. | |
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| Rosetta on 18:48 - Nov 12 with 2042 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 18:32 - Nov 12 by judd |
And just to think my missus can't even reverse into a car parking space at Tesco. |
Has she tried ice screwing? | |
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| Rosetta on 18:50 - Nov 12 with 2033 views | judd |
| Rosetta on 18:48 - Nov 12 by D_Alien |
Has she tried ice screwing? |
Do they sell it in Tesco? | |
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| Rosetta on 18:51 - Nov 12 with 2026 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 18:50 - Nov 12 by judd |
Do they sell it in Tesco? |
No, but she could try the nearest Comet | |
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| Rosetta on 18:52 - Nov 12 with 2012 views | judd |
| Rosetta on 18:51 - Nov 12 by D_Alien |
No, but she could try the nearest Comet |
That'd get shut of her for 20 years - cheers | |
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| Rosetta on 18:55 - Nov 12 with 2002 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 18:52 - Nov 12 by judd |
That'd get shut of her for 20 years - cheers |
No problem - but watch out for that sideways slingshot round Mars | |
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| Rosetta on 19:03 - Nov 12 with 1977 views | Sandyman |
Does Stewart Day offer for sale the parking space Philae has landed on ? |  | | |
| Rosetta on 13:55 - Jun 15 with 1537 views | D_Alien |
Philae's woken up!  | |
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| Rosetta on 14:12 - Jun 15 with 1501 views | SuddenLad |
| Rosetta on 13:55 - Jun 15 by D_Alien |
Philae's woken up! |
Slightly quicker than the fans at Giggle Lane  | |
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| Rosetta on 14:43 - Jun 15 with 1454 views | D_Alien |
| Rosetta on 14:12 - Jun 15 by SuddenLad |
Slightly quicker than the fans at Giggle Lane |
God know's what comet they're on. | |
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| Rosetta on 14:01 - Sep 30 with 808 views | D_Alien |
So, it's over and mission accomplished, after almost 12 years and having travelled 8 billion km to catch up with, then track comet 67P on it's journey through the solar system at temperatures of nearly -100C
The technology and ingenuity required to do that is astounding
It's lander Philae was lost, then recently found hidden beneath a cliff
Final picture (of more than 100,000) taken 10 seconds before impact
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37520420
[Post edited 30 Sep 2016 14:09]
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