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Update: Rosetta comet (Philae has landed)
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Right now, someone is landing a robot on a comet 4 billion miles away at 40,000 mph! Anyone else following this?
Fascinating stuff!
Fascinating stuff!
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science is amazing. We're only at the very dawn of an amazing part of human history.0
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Due to land 16:00 GMT
Should be a live feed about0 -
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Size of comet compared to London4 -
Wow!ValleyGary said:
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Phew, I thought that was where is was going to land!ValleyGary said:
Size of comet compared to London10 -
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Unexpected singing reported to be coming from comet, just hope it's not Bono done a deal to force us to listen to his damn album.3
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So that's why Spurs were looking to groundshare somewhere?Stone said:
Phew, I thought that was where is was going to land!ValleyGary said:
Size of comet compared to London
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Bruce Willis found this a difficult thing to do even with the full backing of a large studio.
Wouldn't be supprised if this ends up 10 years work in the bin.0 -
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Just imagine the awkward silence if the bloke crashes it into the comet0
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Always remember the awkward glances and embarrassed faces when we managed to lose Beagle on Mars. Pillinger (RIP) was priceless in trying to keep the faith.
Mind you being a solely British project, we did attempt it with a budget that only stretched to elastic bands and what someone at the BBC found at the back of the boarded up Blue Peter store cupboard...0 -
I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.0
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It actually doesn't matter if it crashes on landing. The fact we have been able to get this close to landing a man made object on a small rock (in galactic terms) that far away is an incredible achievement.red_murph said:I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.
Let's not forget that the tech being used up there is now getting on for twenty years old and the lessons learned today will stand us in very good stead for the future. I'm getting sweet FA done today as I'm spending way too much time following this. IMHO it's right up there with the lunar landings,although I am a science geek and a sucker for spavce.2 -
The maths and engineering required to even get there is mind boggling. This could be the first step towards a solution against asteroids; without a doubt one of the largest threats (long term) to human life. Just a shame how much NASA's budget has been cut.1
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What's the UK's contribution to this ?0
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i'm sure bruce willis will help us outAddicted said:The maths and engineering required to even get there is mind boggling. This could be the first step towards a solution against asteroids; without a doubt one of the largest threats (long term) to human life. Just a shame how much NASA's budget has been cut.
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Excellent attitude JW. I spend most of my time reading up on all things astronomy and space. There are numerous things happening at the moment that could give us a very precise understanding of the universe and its origins. Of course the age old problem for physics of unifying all of the known forces still exists, and unfortunately, as soon as we think we have got closer to an answer, inconsistencies appear.JWADDICK said:
It actually doesn't matter if it crashes on landing. The fact we have been able to get this close to landing a man made object on a small rock (in galactic terms) that far away is an incredible achievement.red_murph said:I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.
Let's not forget that the tech being used up there is now getting on for twenty years old and the lessons learned today will stand us in very good stead for the future. I'm getting sweet FA done today as I'm spending way too much time following this. IMHO it's right up there with the lunar landings,although I am a science geek and a sucker for spavce.
Imagine how much discipline and patience those that dedicate their professional lives to the subject must have. To produce a paper or theory they believe is correct, only for it to be disproved.
I've just been smashing through Brian Cox's Human Universe and the remake of Carl Sagan's Space Time Odyssey on Discovery Channel (I think). Both excellent shows. What I wouldn't give if I could go back and tell my younger self to have studied all the sciences properly at GCSE so that I could now be working in that field3 -
Agree 100% cabbles. Love the fact Brian Cox has become so popular.cabbles said:
Excellent attitude JW. I spend most of my time reading up on all things astronomy and space. There are numerous things happening at the moment that could give us a very precise understanding of the universe and its origins. Of course the age old problem for physics of unifying all of the known forces still exists, and unfortunately, as soon as we think we have got closer to an answer, inconsistencies appear.JWADDICK said:
It actually doesn't matter if it crashes on landing. The fact we have been able to get this close to landing a man made object on a small rock (in galactic terms) that far away is an incredible achievement.red_murph said:I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.
Let's not forget that the tech being used up there is now getting on for twenty years old and the lessons learned today will stand us in very good stead for the future. I'm getting sweet FA done today as I'm spending way too much time following this. IMHO it's right up there with the lunar landings,although I am a science geek and a sucker for spavce.
Imagine how much discipline and patience those that dedicate their professional lives to the subject must have. To produce a paper or theory they believe is correct, only for it to be disproved.
I've just been smashing through Brian Cox's Human Universe and the remake of Carl Sagan's Space Time Odyssey on Discovery Channel (I think). Both excellent shows. What I wouldn't give if I could go back and tell my younger self to have studied all the sciences properly at GCSE so that I could now be working in that field1 -
For me he is excellent. Great delivery, great manner and puts everything across in a way that the viewer can understand.ValleyGary said:
Agree 100% cabbles. Love the fact Brian Cox has become so popular.cabbles said:
Excellent attitude JW. I spend most of my time reading up on all things astronomy and space. There are numerous things happening at the moment that could give us a very precise understanding of the universe and its origins. Of course the age old problem for physics of unifying all of the known forces still exists, and unfortunately, as soon as we think we have got closer to an answer, inconsistencies appear.JWADDICK said:
It actually doesn't matter if it crashes on landing. The fact we have been able to get this close to landing a man made object on a small rock (in galactic terms) that far away is an incredible achievement.red_murph said:I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.
Let's not forget that the tech being used up there is now getting on for twenty years old and the lessons learned today will stand us in very good stead for the future. I'm getting sweet FA done today as I'm spending way too much time following this. IMHO it's right up there with the lunar landings,although I am a science geek and a sucker for spavce.
Imagine how much discipline and patience those that dedicate their professional lives to the subject must have. To produce a paper or theory they believe is correct, only for it to be disproved.
I've just been smashing through Brian Cox's Human Universe and the remake of Carl Sagan's Space Time Odyssey on Discovery Channel (I think). Both excellent shows. What I wouldn't give if I could go back and tell my younger self to have studied all the sciences properly at GCSE so that I could now be working in that field
Neil deGrasse who narrates cosmos: space time odyssey is also worth a watch (if you haven't already)1 -
It's landed apparently, but they don't know what state it is in....1
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You and me both Cabbles. I do however have a son who actually listened to me and is currently studying physics at Uni, he wants to specialise in particle physics and do his Phd. I could not be prouder though my bank balance keeps telling me to tell the lazy soapdodging git to get a job!cabbles said:
Excellent attitude JW. I spend most of my time reading up on all things astronomy and space. There are numerous things happening at the moment that could give us a very precise understanding of the universe and its origins. Of course the age old problem for physics of unifying all of the known forces still exists, and unfortunately, as soon as we think we have got closer to an answer, inconsistencies appear.JWADDICK said:
It actually doesn't matter if it crashes on landing. The fact we have been able to get this close to landing a man made object on a small rock (in galactic terms) that far away is an incredible achievement.red_murph said:I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.
Let's not forget that the tech being used up there is now getting on for twenty years old and the lessons learned today will stand us in very good stead for the future. I'm getting sweet FA done today as I'm spending way too much time following this. IMHO it's right up there with the lunar landings,although I am a science geek and a sucker for spavce.
Imagine how much discipline and patience those that dedicate their professional lives to the subject must have. To produce a paper or theory they believe is correct, only for it to be disproved.
I've just been smashing through Brian Cox's Human Universe and the remake of Carl Sagan's Space Time Odyssey on Discovery Channel (I think). Both excellent shows. What I wouldn't give if I could go back and tell my younger self to have studied all the sciences properly at GCSE so that I could now be working in that field
Cox is a bit of a hero of mine and I am loving the way some of the younger scientific community are becoming "celebrities", in the right way. the more interest we can generate in the yoof for science, engineering etc the better and frankly if Dr Alice Roberts can't get a young man interested in science what hope is there? She's certainly got this old man's interest.
Did you ever see the original Sagan Odyssey? The remake was good but the original was amazing, probably due to the Carl Sagan himself although De Grasse Tyson does a good job.
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brain cox is a bit of a hack, gets basic stuff wrong for the benefit of being accessable.ValleyGary said:
Agree 100% cabbles. Love the fact Brian Cox has become so popular.cabbles said:
Excellent attitude JW. I spend most of my time reading up on all things astronomy and space. There are numerous things happening at the moment that could give us a very precise understanding of the universe and its origins. Of course the age old problem for physics of unifying all of the known forces still exists, and unfortunately, as soon as we think we have got closer to an answer, inconsistencies appear.JWADDICK said:
It actually doesn't matter if it crashes on landing. The fact we have been able to get this close to landing a man made object on a small rock (in galactic terms) that far away is an incredible achievement.red_murph said:I think it's an amazing thing. The missus thinks it's doomed to failure and will crash.
Let's not forget that the tech being used up there is now getting on for twenty years old and the lessons learned today will stand us in very good stead for the future. I'm getting sweet FA done today as I'm spending way too much time following this. IMHO it's right up there with the lunar landings,although I am a science geek and a sucker for spavce.
Imagine how much discipline and patience those that dedicate their professional lives to the subject must have. To produce a paper or theory they believe is correct, only for it to be disproved.
I've just been smashing through Brian Cox's Human Universe and the remake of Carl Sagan's Space Time Odyssey on Discovery Channel (I think). Both excellent shows. What I wouldn't give if I could go back and tell my younger self to have studied all the sciences properly at GCSE so that I could now be working in that field
check out sixty symbols who do some great stuff and are the physics department at the university of nottingham https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols1 -
So far so good, legs have just been depolyed succesfully. Someone also got a tattoo!0
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It's all been made up.
Filmed using CGI
Conspiracy to keep us distracted from something they don't want us to know0 -
Landed0
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