The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

JRS · 13 Nov 2014 at 11:52

koolpc said:
Great achievement but a total waste of money

Gosh, it didn't take long before that sort of petty small-mindedness got trotted out....nice one koolpc.

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 11:52

Next briefing will be here at 13:00 GMT:

http://rosetta.esa.int/

grimm · 13 Nov 2014 at 11:53

koolpc said:
Great achievement but a total waste of money

twist3d0n3 · 13 Nov 2014 at 12:05

koolpc said:
Great achievement but a total waste of money

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 12:58

You might have been wondering about how large Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is:

Live briefing starting at 13:00.

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 13:02

ESA Rosetta MissionVerified account

‏@ESA_Rosetta Show-off! MT @Philae2014: Yesterday was exhausting! I actually performed 3 landings, 15:33, 17:26 & 17:33 UTC. #CometLanding

leaskovski · 13 Nov 2014 at 13:03

twist3d0n3 said:
GIF

lol!!!

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 13:15

Media briefing has started:

http://rosetta.esa.int/

More images coming!

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 14:00

Some animation of the descent:

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 14:18

Philae on it's way to landing:

ThundyCat · 13 Nov 2014 at 15:01

Amazing achievement.

Lets hope that it does not run out of battery power.

Khrest · 13 Nov 2014 at 15:38

I didnt realize they have the ability to re-locate to a different site (at random I guess) by making the legs flex and basically bouncing around like Zebedee...

However that will use power which they dont have much of and run the risk of landing in an even worse site; but it's a difficult decision to make if the lander starts to die through lack of solar charge...

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2014 at 16:21

First comet panoramic:

Rosetta’s lander Philae has returned the first panoramic image from the surface of a comet. The view, unprocessed, as it has been captured by the CIVA-P imaging system, shows a 360º view around the point of final touchdown. The three feet of Philae’s landing gear can be seen in some of the frames.

Replay of today's briefing:

NeilF · 13 Nov 2014 at 16:26

^ Yeh, you can clearly see it's sort of sideways, with one image pointing up into space, rather than at the comet.

I wonder if they will try and move it! Scary! Could just roll over and end up upside down!

dbmzk1 · 13 Nov 2014 at 16:59

Really hope they can get the science done! Still a massive achievement landing in the first place, but it would be a bonus to complete the mission!

End Creditz · 13 Nov 2014 at 18:52

Nothing wasteful about research that might save a few of the species when they need to escape all the loons.

Cosimo · 14 Nov 2014 at 07:16

Back to earth and preparations continue:

Cosimo · 14 Nov 2014 at 07:52

ESA Rosetta Mission @ESA_Rosetta ·

Good thinking to wear a yellow hat and wave a flag @philae2014 - much easier to see you #CometLanding

Next briefing will be here at 13:00 GMT:

http://rosetta.esa.int/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xm6y0LzlLo

FTM · 14 Nov 2014 at 09:30

apparently its an alien spaceship now that has changed direction regularly

the only flaw in this theory being if it kept changing direction how would we know where to intercept it after 10 years?!

Cosimo · 14 Nov 2014 at 12:49

Correction: The 13:00 Update will be here:

https://plus.google.com/events/c78o050l93ub7cm4kcoltjnt424

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xm6y0LzlLo

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