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At about 4.30 pm Europe will land a lump of metal on a lump of rock and ice

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  • 12-11-2014 1:45pm
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    Harry Palmr
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    Philae lander craft separated from the Rosseta this morning and will land on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at about 4.30 PM GMT.

    No doubt BBC and SKY etc will have rolling coverage of this, the Philae does have a camera onboard so there should be images (which take 30 minutes to get back to earth) as it reaches the surface.

    http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Live_updates_Rosetta_mission_comet_landing

    Quite exciting :)


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    josey_whale
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    Touch down expected 16:02 GMT / 17:02 CET.

    http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding


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    #3
    KungPao
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    Is Bruce Willis on it?


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    Pumpkinseeds
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    Will Aerosmith be providing a backing track?:D


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    iDave
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    Will it make a Deep Impact???


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    #6
    Arsemageddon
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    Whoa there Professor Egg-head Mc Boffin!

    That thread title is way too technical for me, less of the technical jargon please.


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    Reoil
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    It will try to land...


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    Will it cure ebola?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    smash
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    Secretly, I hope this happens...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WoM2bHfr48


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    Lapin
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    No water charge comments yet?




    AH has gone to hell altogether.


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    Duggy747
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    This is fake and being filmed in a shed in Yorkshire.

    I can tell because that comet is clearly a potato.


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    Dar
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    Arsemageddon wrote: »
    Whoa there Professor Egg-head Mc Boffin!

    That thread title is way too technical for me, less of the technical jargon please.

    Here you go


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    REXER
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    Rick O'Shea!


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    RTE News says the eagle has landed


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    KungPao wrote: »
    Is Bruce Willis on it?

    Hopefully with that one way ticket.


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    The Backwards Man
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    Duggy747 wrote: »
    This is fake and being filmed in a shed in Yorkshire.

    I can tell because that comet is clearly a potato.

    If OJ Simpson and your man off Law and Order mysteriously disappear you may be on to something.


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    BoJack Horseman
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    The government gave away comet drilling rights for peanuts.


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Will it cure ebola?

    No. But any ice/water found on it will be taxed and the bill forwarded to us Paddy's.


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    Timberrrrrrrr
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    If it's a successful mission then America will claim they made it all happen

    If it's a really really REALLY successful mission Ireland will claim the lander's great grandfather (a dishwasher) was from Ballygobackwards and promptly issue an invite to visit followed by a new shiny supermarket somewhere in the middle of nowhere. :pac:


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    BoJack Horseman
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    Would a successful mission be the discovery that the comet has rich veins of peat?


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    The Backwards Man
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    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    Would a successful mission be the discovery that the comet has rich veins of peat?
    We've had Space Truckers and Space Cowboys, I'd love to be a Space Turfcutter


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    V_Moth
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    XKCD also has a live thingy on Rosetta:

    http://xkcd1446.org/


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    crockholm
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    If there are large amounts of metals on the comet,don't be surprised to see a modified transit van already there with a few "feins" loading up said Ford with bits of scrap metal found on the Surface.

    Anyhow,hope it goes well,and looking forward to the documentaries on new discoveries that the mission has un-earthed.


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    Philo Beddoe
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    We've had Space Truckers and Space Cowboys, I'd love to be a Space Turfcutter

    Enabling me to live my dream of being a Space Turf-footer.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    whats so special about Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko?

    there MUST be something they are not telling us


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    Last_Minute
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    How do we know it isn't the other way around? That the comet isn't landing on the probe?


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    fedor.2.
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    Last_Minute wrote: »
    How do we know it isn't the other way around? That the comet isn't landing on the probe?


    :eek:


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    Duggy747
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    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    If it's a successful mission then America will claim they made it all happen

    If it's a really really REALLY successful mission Ireland will claim the lander's great grandfather (a dishwasher) was from Ballygobackwards and promptly issue an invite to visit followed by a new shiny supermarket somewhere in the middle of nowhere. :pac:

    Well, 2 Irish companies lent a big helping hand.

    Space Technology Ireland Ltd designed a critical piece of hardware, the Electronic Support System processor unit, that helps it communicate between Rosetta and the probe and CAPTEC then developed the software for that purpose and support for other systems built by other companies.


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    Beano
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    crockholm wrote: »
    If there are large amounts of metals on the comet,don't be surprised to see a modified transit van already there with a few "feins" loading up said Ford with bits of scrap metal found on the Surface.

    Anyhow,hope it goes well,and looking forward to the documentaries on new discoveries that the mission has un-earthed.

    can we really say that they have been un-earthed when its not actually on earth?


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    crockholm
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    Beano wrote: »
    can we really say that they have been un-earthed when its not actually on earth?

    Yes...hence the "un":D


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    Skylinehead
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    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Well, 2 Irish companies lent a big helping hand.

    Space Technology Ireland Ltd designed a critical piece of hardware, the Electronic Support System processor unit, that helps it communicate between Rosetta and the probe and CAPTEC then developed the software for that purpose and support for other systems built by other companies.
    Plus we contribute to the ESA.


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