Lost In Xanadu Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 http://media.giphy.com/media/huh7lUqEG4irK/giphy.gif http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/comet-landing-countdown/index.html London (CNN) -- The comet probe Philae may have bounced when it landed, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Wednesday. It is the first time a soft landing has been achieved on a comet -- but there was a hitch. Comet 67P has a very weak gravity, so anchoring harpoons were designed to shoot into the comet to fix the spacecraft to the surface. They failed to fire and Philae is not firmly secure, ESA says. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) These kinds of endeavors are only attempted because they are hard..... Edited November 12, 2014 by Narpski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I have never set foot on Australia. Surely that would be more exciting? Until a comet has a bouncing kangaroo or a beach full of tanned bouncing boobies I am not interested. Nothing interesting about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 AMERICA!!! FVCK YEAH!!! Wait...wat? It was the Europeans that did this? Drat... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I have never set foot on Australia. Surely that would be more exciting? Until a comet has a bouncing kangaroo or a beach full of tanned bouncing boobies I am not interested. Nothing interesting about this. Really, really dumb post. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 AMERICA!!! FVCK YEAH!!! Wait...wat? It was the Europeans that did this? Drat...The comet now has free health care and pension benefits for the next 5 billion years. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 AMERICA!!! FVCK YEAH!!! Wait...wat? It was the Europeans that did this? Drat...The comet now has free health care and pension benefits for the next 5 billion years. http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab177/BrynTastic/laughing/giggling.gif 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Landed, may have bounced, cables did not fire. Is it confirmed that it is on surface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Landed, may have bounced, cables did not fire. Is it confirmed that it is on surface?Landed, may have bounced, cables did not fire. Is it confirmed that it is on surface?It did land without the harpoons, "ice" screws on landing gear are keeping it in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I have never set foot on Australia. Surely that would be more exciting? Until a comet has a bouncing kangaroo or a beach full of tanned bouncing boobies I am not interested. Nothing interesting about this. Then DON'T READ THE THREAD. DON'T EVEN CLICK IT ON. Dumbass..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) Picture taken from Philae, en route to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko....about 3km from touchdown. :haz: :haz: http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/11/rolis_descent_image/15044808-1-eng-GB/ROLIS_descent_image_node_full_image_2.png Edited November 13, 2014 by Principled Man 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 AMERICA!!! FVCK YEAH!!! Wait...wat? It was the Europeans that did this? Drat...The comet now has free health care and pension benefits for the next 5 billion years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Picture taken from Philae, en route to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko....about 3km from touchdown. :haz: :haz: http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/11/rolis_descent_image/15044808-1-eng-GB/ROLIS_descent_image_node_full_image_2.pngVery cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) This was big European news yesterday... what was America's? Apparently, we successfully landed a champagne glass on Kim Kardashian's ass..... http://cdn.papermag.com/uploaded_images/kkcover1%28rgb%29watermark.jpg Edited November 13, 2014 by Lost In Xanadu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 AMERICA!!! FVCK YEAH!!! Wait...wat? It was the Europeans that did this? Drat...The comet now has free health care and pension benefits for the next 5 billion years. :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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