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So, in less than 24 hrs, we're gonna attempt to land a space craft on a comet
Posted on 11/11/14 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 11/11/14 at 7:44 pm
Pretty cool. Crash and burn or success? What say you?
This is Rosetta’s image of Lutetia taken at the point of closest approach, around 3,162km above the rock-strewn surface. The asteroid is surprisingly battered, indicating a violent lifetime in space. Following this encounter, Rosetta was placed into hibernation for 31 months to conserve energy.
Esa named the landing site Agilkia in early November. It can be seen near the top of this image, beyond the cliffs that ring the easily recognisable, boulder-strewn depression. At this distance, the image scale is 2.6 metres per pixel.
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This is Rosetta’s image of Lutetia taken at the point of closest approach, around 3,162km above the rock-strewn surface. The asteroid is surprisingly battered, indicating a violent lifetime in space. Following this encounter, Rosetta was placed into hibernation for 31 months to conserve energy.
Esa named the landing site Agilkia in early November. It can be seen near the top of this image, beyond the cliffs that ring the easily recognisable, boulder-strewn depression. At this distance, the image scale is 2.6 metres per pixel.
Where's Bruce when you really need him?
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Posted on 11/11/14 at 7:47 pm to Alahunter
Pretty bad arse if they pull it off. I think it's a win win either way, if it doesn't work they at least learn.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 7:48 pm to Alahunter
Crash and burn. That's a lot of maths.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 7:58 pm to Alahunter
Thank goodness, a science thread. Thanks Hunter.
I think it'll be a rip-roaring success. Comets are in the same states they were when the solar system first formed. We will learn a lot about the makeup of objects from that time.
I think it'll be a rip-roaring success. Comets are in the same states they were when the solar system first formed. We will learn a lot about the makeup of objects from that time.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:11 pm to Alahunter
How is this any different than landing on a planet? Just different numbers using the same calculations. Everything in space is relative.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:26 pm to Alahunter
This will be amazing if they pull it off but I don't quite understand the point...
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:29 pm to Phyacs OM
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This will be amazing if they pull it off but I don't quite understand the point...
You don't understand the point in landing on a comet in terms of analysis and discovery?
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:30 pm to BluegrassBelle
He's a libtard. He would rather the money be distributed to those that don't want to work.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:37 pm to Phyacs OM
They're gonna detonate a nuke aren't they? After all the analysis is done, they're gonna blow it the frick up to see how much a surface nuke alters trajectory.
That's what I would do, at least.
That's what I would do, at least.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:41 pm to PrivatePublic
How much is it going to cost? That's my question
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:52 pm to roadGator
I mean I'd be considered to the left as well, but I'm all about exploration of space. We've gotten some pretty beneficial things from space exploration (either directly or indirectly) from CAT scans right down to scratch resistant lenses.
And box, it won't cost Americans anything. It's a European endeavor I believe.
And box, it won't cost Americans anything. It's a European endeavor I believe.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:53 pm to BluegrassBelle
Velcro was the best thing from space. You are female. Of course you love the left. 
Posted on 11/11/14 at 8:57 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:01 pm to Alahunter
They should try to capture it and relocate all of the Iraqis and Palestinians on it.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:10 pm to Landmass
Then explode the nuke? Is there room left for JV liberal low level professors?
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Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:24 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:27 pm to Alahunter
You just don't get it...succeed...or crash and burn....either way it never really left the secret Hollywood studio where they create all of the "moon landings"
Don't be so naive
Don't be so naive
Posted on 11/11/14 at 9:34 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I mean I'd be considered to the left as well, but I'm all about exploration of space.
It is not a question of left or right, exploration of space or any exploration is a journey shared by all.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 10:03 pm to Alahunter
Will there be a live feed of mission control for this?
I watched the live feed of MC when NASA landed a huge rover on mars a few years ago and it was pretty neat.
I watched the live feed of MC when NASA landed a huge rover on mars a few years ago and it was pretty neat.
Posted on 11/11/14 at 10:09 pm to DrunkenStuporMan
Update for 10 pm ET: ESA has given the third GO for the comet landing. Next checkpoint @ 1:30 am ET: The European Space Agency's Rosetta mision will land on a comet on Nov. 12, with ESA, NASA and the Slooh Community providing a series of webcasts. (See our Full Coverage of comet landing.) Rosetta's Philae lander will be released at 4:03 a.m. ET (0903 GMT) tomorrow. Now Showing: Live views of Rosetta mission control. Follow it live below, and see ESA's full webcast schedule here: https://www.esa.int/esatv/Television :
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