Alone and Confused, Philae Breaks our Hearts [laughably maudlin Millenials]

universetoday.com ^ | on November 16, 2014 | Morgan Rehnberg

[Vince Ferrer]

"No no, be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace."

- Dr. Frankenstien

[catnipman]

Yet another failure of solar power. Can’t believe the geniuses that built and sent this thing forgot about “shade”. Maybe something besides batteries and solar power should have been used, like a nano-nuke plant or the like.

[Fred Hayek]

Why not an RTG? Those have been used on deep space probes for decades. At least one is still operating after having left the solar system.

[mikrofon]

Not to side-jack the topic, but here’s another NPR-type who anthromorphizes and sympathizes with the plight of machines, but more than likely relegates fetal “tissue mass” to the garbage bin…

[BenLurkin]

"If science teaches us anything it teaches us to accept.... our successes, with quiet dignity and grace."

[BenLurkin]

Could be.

[Bernard]

On a somewhat related note, I heard somewhere in the last week that NASA has a spending budget this year of $ 40 BILLION (that's BILLION with a B) budget.

Talk about redefining the cost of doing nothing...