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Rosetta and Philae and the comet
11/11/14 at 21:00:14

Well the European Space Agency is live now (has been for 10 hours) for the broadcast from the command center.
I am very interested in this comet landing, as it could lead to bigger things later on in space travel.
We could actually put small instruments on comets and asteroids that are out bound from the system and go farther and faster than we could travel with modern propulsion and slingshot assists.
Very interesting Cool

http://rosetta.esa.int/

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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #1 - 11/11/14 at 21:01:38 Its not very busy at the moment, but give it a few hours and it will be packed....
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #2 - 11/11/14 at 22:35:05 Well at least one person was having a little fun
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #3 - 11/11/14 at 22:41:23 Later when phase 2 was go.... the announcer was standing in front of the little ESA furry critter.... just what is it?
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #4 - 11/11/14 at 23:12:13 One hour to separation of the Philae lander and they start having video errors......sigh.....
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #5 - 11/12/14 at 02:51:57 Well they got separation confirmation.... now awaiting for pics and proof... should happen around 5:10 am cst
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #6 - 11/12/14 at 03:10:43 Well, there was a step I left out.... Rosetta has confirmed telemetry signal from the separated lander Philae.... it is now on a trajectory to the comet.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #7 - 11/12/14 at 04:42:07 Late to the show,, I had NOO idea, I think this is COOL!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #9 - 11/12/14 at 08:24:36 She lost me at her PC required restructuring of a "quote".. Its sad that so many women cant accept the masculine general term for mankind.. Where no man has gone before,, That really does include those who have no thingy,,
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #10 - 11/12/14 at 09:23:43 ROFL.... I missed the landing... fell asleep, was up too late... Not sure if the harpoon stuck.... awaiting more information... or a retry if it hasn't...
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #11 - 11/12/14 at 09:40:20 These guys must be amazing pool players... ... http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #12 - 11/12/14 at 10:08:02 Lots of tipsy/rolling hand gestures on the live feed....no sound so cannot hear what they are saying. I don't think it stuck or the data makes it look like it is wobbling? or landed at an extreme angle. Hope they update soon....
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Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet
Reply #13 - 11/12/14 at 11:30:22

LOL, its good to know that I can still interpret body language as good as I used to (son thinks i'm psychic)

I was correct in that the Philae lander did land.... and the harpoons did not stick.
Also Philae's data shows that it "wobbled" after landing, which has been interpreted as lift off and turning. (It bounced and spun)
The radio signal and data showed that after about 4 min, Philae stopped turning.... either the gyro kicked back in, or it landed for the second time... they don't know, if the nozzle on top fired after the bounce, if so it could have re-landed.
At this point there is a lot of data to go through. Philae could just be floating away....they have to wait for data. Huh

I am hoping that the actual center harpoon actuated even though the feet did not, I am not sure how long the umbilical on the center harpoon is... Wink

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Rosetta and Philae and the comet Reply #14 - 11/12/14 at 16:35:51 Tonight,Science Channel,8 o'clock, Central.. Landing on a comet: Rosetta Mission Be there! And no, the harpoons didn't deploy,last I heard.
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