A little spacecraft is landing on a comet today. Confirmation expected around 16:00 UTC.
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[QUOTE=Svinnik;46471715]I was looking at the telementry and it says the primary battery + Yebox are at a temp of -9999 degrees Celsius. Is this normal or did the lander break?[/QUOTE]
It's been like that for a while, so I'm sure it's not a problem.
[QUOTE=Svinnik;46471715]I was looking at the telementry and it says the primary battery + Yebox are at a temp of -9999 degrees Celsius. Is this normal or did the lander break?[/QUOTE]
Where are you getting the telemetry?
Awesome, just as its happening, the stream goes down. Waited 40 minutes watching foreign people talk, and then I can't watch the main event. Thanks.
[QUOTE=viperfan7;46471770]Where are you getting the telemetry?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://isee3.p3s.nl/philae/[/url]
[QUOTE=TH3_L33T;46471771]Awesome, just as its happening, the stream goes down. Waited 40 minutes watching foreign people talk, and then I can't watch the main event. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Its been back up for a while now.
edit: never mind its broken???
[img]http://i.imgur.com/qvQmoPo.png[/img]
For me it randomly starts and stops working/
[QUOTE=viperfan7;46471770]Where are you getting the telemetry?[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://isee3.p3s.nl/philae/"]http://isee3.p3s.nl/philae/[/URL]
it was further up the thread
The fucking stream died right before it happened. :(
that feel when you are the first spacecraft to land on a comet with a harpoon
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXniiEgmMk[/media]
OH MY GOD! This is a really big day for science and space industry. Now we know that harpoons can work on comets. This might be useful for the people who want to mine asteroids.
Confirmed. History has been made, gentlemen.
official thread music
[video=youtube;I_xVd19vUGw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_xVd19vUGw[/video]
Harpoons work on comets, harpoons also work on whales, therefore, comets really are the whales of space
I NEED TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS
Gentlemen, ladies, a journey of ten years, several orbits of the sun, and using the gravity of several planets to assist its trajectory, and they were able to predict touchdown to the hour - Nay, the minute. Can you imagine the mathematical accuracy that goes into that?
[QUOTE=archangel125;46471877]Gentlemen, ladies, a journey of ten years, several orbits of the sun, and using the gravity of several planets to assist its trajectory, and they were able to predict touchdown to the hour - Nay, the minute. Can you imagine the mathematical accuracy that goes into that?[/QUOTE]
Fucking impressive is all I can say about that.
[QUOTE=GunFox;46471888]Fucking impressive is all I can say about that.[/QUOTE]
Aye. It's one thing to predict a rendezvous with a planet in a stable orbit - quite another to do the same with a comet. I am rock hard right now.
Congratulations to all the scientists/engineers/etc for this, its certainly worth. I can't wait for touch down pics.
