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Philae probe reaches comet, makes space history
Fox News ^
| November 12, 2014
| James Rogers
Posted on 11/12/2014 8:30:03 AM PST by Olog-hai
The European Space Agency’s Philae lander has made space history by successfully reaching the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The landing, which took place at 11.03 AM ET, was accompanied by rapturous scenes at the ESA’s control room in Darmstadt, Germany.
Philae is the first probe to land on a comet. …
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometprobe; cometspaceprobe; europeanspaceagency; eussr; muslimoutreach; nasa; obama; philae; rosetta; spaceprobe
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:30:03 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Meanwhile NASA is achieving muslin outreach! God I miss the days when our president was an American.
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:32:50 AM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
God I miss the days when our president was an American. Me too!!!!! King Obama is a communists black Muslim traitor.
To: Mastador1
To be honest, I really expected the do nothing Europeans to fail - to my surprise it was a success.
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:37:49 AM PST
by
Sam Gamgee
(May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
To: Olog-hai
A great achievement, congrats to ESA and all others involved.
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:51:09 AM PST
by
1066AD
To: Sam Gamgee
There was an issue with the landing bolts that shoot out to anchor the craft. Apparently they did not fire. Guess they won’t know if it’s a stable landing until some pics come back.
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:58:26 AM PST
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Olog-hai
Quite impressive to land so precisely on a what is essentially a speck of dust from so far away.
When it comes to cutting edge scientific exploration the Europeans are starting to kick our butts. First there was the Highs bosom and now this.
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:06:10 AM PST
by
aquila48
To: Sam Gamgee
To be honest, I really expected the do nothing Europeans to fail - to my surprise it was a success.Well, they didn't have to deal with metric to standard conversion, so they had that going for them...
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:06:20 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:19:45 AM PST
by
william clark
(Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: Olog-hai
Philae Lander? Ted Kennedy in space?
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:20:47 AM PST
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: aquila48
They are already back-pedaling on the Higgs Boson.
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:26:32 AM PST
by
HandyDandy
(Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
To: aquila48
I prefer to stay away from Higgs’ bosom. I do not swing that way.
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:27:24 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: HandyDandy
That’s good. Calling it the God Particle was in and of itself blasphemous.
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:28:52 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Yeah and what about GodZilla?
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:31:19 AM PST
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: Brother Cracker
Bad transliteration of “Gojira” (ゴジラ).
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:36:58 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
11/12/2014 9:40:43 AM PST
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: Olog-hai; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
accompanied by rapturous scenes at the ESA’s control room in Darmstadt, Germany Ich bin ein Biglander
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posted on
11/12/2014 11:33:43 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Philae Minion)
To: Olog-hai
Live Stream report:
The lander landed, but the harpoon didn’t fire. Landing gear worked perfectly and absorbed the force of impact.
Still trying to figure out what is going on. Some data indicates that the lander may have bounced off the comet.
May have landed twice on the comet.
Radio link is gone for the time being, as expected. Will re-establish contact tomorrow morning.
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posted on
11/12/2014 12:39:23 PM PST
by
kidd
To: Mastador1
Meanwhile NASA is achieving muslin outreach! I wonder if the ESA made sure it landed on the side of the comet that is facing Mecca?
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posted on
11/12/2014 12:40:57 PM PST
by
kidd
To: Olog-hai
I’m old enough to remember when America led the way in space exploration. We’ve gone from landing men on the moon to having no manned space program at all. But we’re making muslims feel good about themselves.. or something.
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posted on
11/12/2014 2:03:00 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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