[QUOTE=Saxon;46480975]Sounds like that's what they might do, or use an instrument to push it back into sub orbit
Seems pretty kerbal[/QUOTE]
Yay for angular momentum and energy!
[editline]13th November 2014[/editline]
does anyone know the weight of philae and rosetta? i want to calculate and see if it is possible for them to use the gyros.
or i wonder if i could find the gravitational force on rosetta
[editline]13th November 2014[/editline]
wait nope they cant use their flywheels to translate.
[QUOTE=Swineflu;46481158][IMG]http://scienceogram.org/media/2014/11/scienceogram-rosetta-1.1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
If a man came to me one day and said "Hey if you give us £3 We'll have a drone deployed into the asteroid belt by 2021!" I'd probably cough up.
[QUOTE=Swineflu;46481158][IMG]http://scienceogram.org/media/2014/11/scienceogram-rosetta-1.1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
This reminded me of a guy from NASA, if basically Space technology had the same funding as the military like the US, like over 500 billion i guess, We would had a Good sized colony on the moon by now, and we would been having small outposts covering the planet of Mars, and have mining vehicles created to mine asteroids.
[QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;46482041]This reminded me of a guy from NASA, if basically Space technology had the same funding as the military like the US, like over 500 billion i guess, We would had a Good sized colony on the moon by now, and we would been having small outposts covering the planet of Mars, and have mining vehicles created to mine asteroids.[/QUOTE]
Going to avoid any political shenanigans, but I believe if we didn't get into that quagmire of Vietnam, kept the NASA budget we had in the 60s instead of diverting it into the military for that war, then we'd would've had Moon colonies by the late 80s or early 90s.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;46482115]Going to avoid any political shenanigans, but I believe if we didn't get into that quagmire of Vietnam, kept the NASA budget we had in the 60s instead of diverting it into the military for that war, then we'd would've had Moon colonies by the late 80s or early 90s.[/QUOTE]
Basically. but if they had kept the budget like that high like i stated back in the 60s, probably in a hundred years or so, we would be cruising in Alpha Centauri
Scott Manley did a video recreating the Rosetta mission in KSP. He filmed this a few days before the probe landed and he had locking arm issues and said "I hope this doesn't happen on the real rosetta"
2spooky
[video=youtube;GlMRKKLGWlU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlMRKKLGWlU[/video]
not a whole lot of spook there, it's exactly what everybody was praying wouldn't happen, myself included
only in my mind, during those 7 hours of descent, I was picturing it not only bouncing off but tumbling end over end as well and landing upside down in a ditch somewhere
Watch this we land on the comet, then a Dyson tree comes out.
I always get all philosophical and reverent whenever I see stuff like this.
That's it folks.
[quote]The little probe delivered everything expected from it, just as its failing battery dropped it into standby mode.
Philae is pressed up against a cliff. Deep shadows mean it cannot now get enough light on to its solar panels to recharge its systems.
The European Space Agency (Esa) fears this contact may have been the robot's last - certainly for a while.[/quote]
[quote]The next opportunity to talk to Philae was set to begin at around 10:00 GMT (11:00 CET), when the orbiting Rosetta satellite - which delivered it to the 4km-wide "ice mountain" - was due to come over the horizon.
But with only 1.5 hours of sunshine falling on the robot during the comet's 12-hour day, it seems doubtful the battery will have recovered enough performance to complete the radio link.[/quote]
[url=http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30058176]**depressing music**[/url]
They found it!
[IMG]http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/11/osiris_spots_philae_drifting_across_the_comet/15058700-1-eng-GB/OSIRIS_spots_Philae_drifting_across_the_comet.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=pentium;46497312]That's it folks.
[url=http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30058176]**depressing music**[/url][/QUOTE]
[quote]Astrophysicist Elizabeth Pearson: "Philae is not dead it's just sleeping"[/quote]
Oh my god this is the saddest thing I've read all day. I really hope they have a chance to restore power and reconnect before it's too late.
[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;46511957]Oh my god this is the saddest thing I've read all day. I really hope they have a chance to restore power and reconnect before it's too late.[/QUOTE]
Given the comet's rotation, the probe will only have a few hours of sunlight on it, supposedly not enough to fully recharge the battery during the 'night'.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/bECyssn.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Winstonn;46512948][img]https://i.imgur.com/bECyssn.png[/img][/QUOTE]
I think you're gonna need more stamps
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;46516888]I think you're gonna need more stamps[/QUOTE]
really doubt plotting multiple gravity assists is within the capability of your average postman
[QUOTE=TuLiq;46517432]really doubt plotting multiple gravity assists is within the capability of your average postman[/QUOTE]
Ship it with FedEx.
[QUOTE=TuLiq;46517432]really doubt plotting multiple gravity assists is within the capability of your average postman[/QUOTE]
[img]http://puu.sh/cYZh0/82a918b588.jpg[/img]
Them damn space kids would open the package though and steal them.
bastard space kids, with their space hip hop and shit
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