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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!
To: Fester Chugabrew
Flight Director: “The biggest problem of success is that it looks easy.”
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11/12/2014 8:11:55 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
To: machogirl
German politician speaking now. Waiting for the Swedish bikini team and Ukrainian bell carolers coming up next.
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11/12/2014 8:13:39 AM PST
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Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Textide
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:17:19 AM PST
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HandyDandy
(Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
To: Fester Chugabrew
The White House has just released a picture of Barack Obama's reaction to the Philae landing.
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....
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11/12/2014 8:17:57 AM PST
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Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Textide
To: HandyDandy
“yadies and yentlemen,.......”
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11/12/2014 8:19:39 AM PST
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HandyDandy
(Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
To: Textide
Swedish enough? lol
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
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11/12/2014 8:22:50 AM PST
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Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Fester Chugabrew
The comet’s trajectory has been inadvertently redirected directly toward . . .
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posted on
11/12/2014 8:24:14 AM PST
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Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: Textide
Waiting for the Swedish bikini teamYes please
To: machogirl
You should be banned for that! MY EYES!
To: Constitution Day
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...
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11/12/2014 8:28:01 AM PST
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Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Textide
lol Other things of the former Speaker have been “lifted”, why not the....?
To: Constitution Day
The NASA rep almost burst a blood vessel.
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11/12/2014 8:38:07 AM PST
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HandyDandy
(Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
To: HandyDandy
Thank goodness he DID NOT include Obama!
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
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11/12/2014 8:47:19 AM PST
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HandyDandy
(Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
To: HandyDandy
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