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Europe ready to land 1st probe on streaking comet
AP ^ | Nov. 11, 2014 12:19 PM ET | Frank Jordans

Posted on 11/12/2014 6:21:31 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew

BERLIN (AP) — How do you land a spacecraft on a comet that is streaking by at 41,000 mph (66,000 kph)?

That's a problem scientists have been grappling with for more than a decade as they prepare for one of the most audacious space adventures ever — the European Space Agency's attempt to land a scientific probe on the giant ball of ice and dust known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Education; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometprobe; p67; philae; rosetta
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To: Textide

Ah, guy nerds speaking French to me. Oooh la la!


21 posted on 11/12/2014 8:10:12 AM PST by machogirl
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Flight Director: “The biggest problem of success is that it looks easy.”


22 posted on 11/12/2014 8:11:55 AM PST by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: machogirl

German politician speaking now. Waiting for the Swedish bikini team and Ukrainian bell carolers coming up next.


23 posted on 11/12/2014 8:13:39 AM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Textide

Not Guilty.


24 posted on 11/12/2014 8:17:19 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
The White House has just released a picture of Barack Obama's reaction to the Philae landing.
25 posted on 11/12/2014 8:17:43 AM PST by machogirl
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To: Textide

Aerospace coordinator for the German Government giving congrats to the team now.

So far it sounds like they have confirmed touchdown on the comet, though haven’t seen any pictures yet. Perhaps after the rounds of congratulations....


26 posted on 11/12/2014 8:17:57 AM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Textide

lol


27 posted on 11/12/2014 8:18:08 AM PST by machogirl
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To: HandyDandy

“yadies and yentlemen,.......”


28 posted on 11/12/2014 8:19:39 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: Textide
Swedish enough? lol
29 posted on 11/12/2014 8:20:24 AM PST by machogirl
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To: HandyDandy

I’m just glad they’re all speaking mainly in English. Suppose it’s the language of space.

This guy just mentioned that from conception to now has been 25 years. Launch was in 2004. Good for them


30 posted on 11/12/2014 8:22:50 AM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

The comet’s trajectory has been inadvertently redirected directly toward . . .


31 posted on 11/12/2014 8:24:14 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: Textide
Waiting for the Swedish bikini team

Yes please

32 posted on 11/12/2014 8:24:56 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: machogirl

You should be banned for that! MY EYES!


33 posted on 11/12/2014 8:25:29 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day

lol ;)


34 posted on 11/12/2014 8:27:18 AM PST by machogirl
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To: machogirl

I hate you. Not what I had in mind when envisioning, “House Minority Leader Busted!”

Now speaking French on the feed...waiting on the first images to arrive from the craft...


35 posted on 11/12/2014 8:28:01 AM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Textide

lol Other things of the former Speaker have been “lifted”, why not the....?


36 posted on 11/12/2014 8:30:59 AM PST by machogirl
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To: Constitution Day

The NASA rep almost burst a blood vessel.


37 posted on 11/12/2014 8:38:07 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: HandyDandy

Thank goodness he DID NOT include Obama!


38 posted on 11/12/2014 8:43:05 AM PST by machogirl
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To: machogirl
I wish you hadn't just mentioned that guys name. I was really hoping for at least a brief escape from the gravity of that annoying celestial object.

/s

39 posted on 11/12/2014 8:47:19 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: HandyDandy

lol


40 posted on 11/12/2014 9:03:56 AM PST by machogirl
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