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 #128296  by Key
 
So ESA landed a probe onto a comet yesterday. Here are some facts if you don't want to read the article I provided below:
  • -ESA stands for European Space Agency
  • -Probe's name was "Philae", it was ejected from the mothership, "Rosetta", named after the Rosetta Stone.
  • -Comet's name was 67P, around 310 million miles from Earth.
  • -First probe to rendezvous with a comet's orbit and first anything to actually LAND on a comet.
  • -Philae was launched 10 years ago, and traveled 6.4 billion miles.
  • -67P has a very low gravity and is only 2.5 miles in diameter.
  • -Philae will measure various things like thermal conditions as well as density from the comet's surface.

Here's the source if you want to read the full thing, very interesting:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/com ... index.html
 #128297  by Falcon
 
For those of you who aren't in to this kind of thing, this is a very exciting event for space exploration. Love this :D
 #128301  by Jato
 
Falcon wrote:For those of you who aren't in to this kind of thing, this is a very exciting event for space exploration. Love this :D
Im ready to go conquer a comet/planet, whos coming with?
 #128397  by MasterM
 
All the conspiracy nuts are saying that the comet is actually an alien spaceship that Rosetta/Philae went to investigate.
 #128398  by jawfin
 
Bah, everyone knows the comet is man-made and the landing shuttle is alien, and we finally caught it!
 #128416  by Ka'Taliq
 
This is pretty cool stuff :D
The images are pretty cool too
 #128422  by Lothar
 
Jawfin wrote:Bah, everyone knows the comet is man-made and the landing shuttle is alien, and we finally caught it!
Your not cleared to reveal this information >:-(

8)
 #128458  by MasterM
 
I think it's sorta hilarious that the mission was partially derailed because they accidentally landed in the shade
 #128472  by StarHunter
 
Jato wrote:
Falcon wrote:For those of you who aren't in to this kind of thing, this is a very exciting event for space exploration. Love this :D
Im ready to go conquer a comet/planet, whos coming with?
Me!!