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[VANITY] Philae about to land on Rosetta
NASA ^ | 12 November 2014 | NASA

Posted on 11/12/2014 7:28:33 AM PST by ShadowAce

Link to live TV feed


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometprobe; muslimoutreach; nasa; philae; rosetta
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1 posted on 11/12/2014 7:28:33 AM PST by ShadowAce
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...

2 posted on 11/12/2014 7:28:57 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce
XKCD is following it somewhat live as well
3 posted on 11/12/2014 7:29:43 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

It will be another half hour before we know if it landed safely.


4 posted on 11/12/2014 7:30:56 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: ShadowAce

http://rosetta.esa.int/


5 posted on 11/12/2014 7:31:35 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: cripplecreek

Twitter feed

https://twitter.com/hashtag/cometlanding?f=realtime&src=tren


6 posted on 11/12/2014 7:32:04 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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hard to just watch these folk and know what’s happenin


7 posted on 11/12/2014 7:38:26 AM PST by advertising guy ( Muslims, another white meat)
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To: ShadowAce

Did they just cut the sound?


8 posted on 11/12/2014 7:40:01 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: advertising guy

The lander should have touched down by now but no body will know for a while.


9 posted on 11/12/2014 7:43:12 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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Signal Acquisition Should Be about 16:30 GMT ...11:30 EST


10 posted on 11/12/2014 7:49:06 AM PST by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: cripplecreek

It will be another half hour before we know if it landed safely.
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Why the long delay? There is The Speed of Light to deal with of course but what other factors are there? Or is it all SoL?


11 posted on 11/12/2014 7:49:47 AM PST by InterceptPoint (Remember Mississippi)
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To: ShadowAce

Why do they all look worried?


12 posted on 11/12/2014 7:50:04 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: ShadowAce

Farewell Philae

13 posted on 11/12/2014 7:50:35 AM PST by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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14 posted on 11/12/2014 7:53:46 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: ShadowAce

Exciting stuff!

Wish this was coming from the USA/NASA.


15 posted on 11/12/2014 7:54:18 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: dead

Space cadets, we may have a problem.


16 posted on 11/12/2014 7:57:15 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: ShadowAce
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!


17 posted on 11/12/2014 8:03:17 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: HandyDandy

The Eagle Has Landed!


18 posted on 11/12/2014 8:03:30 AM PST by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: ShadowAce
XKCD is following it somewhat live as well

Too funny.

19 posted on 11/12/2014 8:03:52 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: fedupjohn

Landing confirmed.


20 posted on 11/12/2014 8:04:16 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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