[Calvin Locke]

Un, it's on a rotating object that's prone to out-gassing and sublimation.

I'd bet it gets thrown off from a change in the comet's rotational axis from the loss of mass.

Assuming the anchors never imbed.

I wonder if a low power ion thruster would have been feasible to hold the craft down?

[SpinnerWebb]

Here’s a Science Fiction thriller for you...

Wouldn’t it be ironic if Philae caused *just* enough disturbance to push the comet into a collision course with Earth in, say, 30 years or so?