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Well done Philae

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Altfish
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Well done Philae

#1 Post by Altfish » November 12th, 2014, 7:03 pm

Despite a few hitches this is one hell of an achievement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30026398

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Alan H
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Re: Well done Philae

#2 Post by Alan H » November 12th, 2014, 7:07 pm

What is amazing is that it's using technology that must be 15 to 20 years old.
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Re: Well done Philae

#3 Post by Altfish » November 12th, 2014, 7:11 pm

The worry is that the 'anchors' didn't fire; so it may be upside down

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Re: Well done Philae

#4 Post by Dave B » November 12th, 2014, 7:25 pm

What is also amazing is the maths etc. that had to be spot on over all those millions of miles and all those years!

Hadn't seen that Philae might be upside down.
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Re: Well done Philae

#5 Post by Fia » November 12th, 2014, 9:10 pm

Well done indeed ESA. I heard it likened to throwing a hammer in London to hit a nail in Delhi.

The first meme came fast:
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It seems it might have bounced... hoping for happy second landing.

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Re: Well done Philae

#6 Post by Alan H » November 12th, 2014, 9:33 pm

David Baddiel Tweeted:
First pictures back from comet raise questions RT @RobC42: @Baddiel I`m skeptical
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1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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Re: Well done Philae

#7 Post by Fia » November 12th, 2014, 9:42 pm

:pointlaugh:

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Re: Well done Philae

#8 Post by Altfish » November 13th, 2014, 10:55 am

:pointlaugh:

Anyway, it looks like it is 'stable' :smile:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30034060

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Re: Well done Philae

#9 Post by getreal » November 13th, 2014, 12:19 pm

I just cannot get my head round the ability of engineers and physicists to get an object the size of a friidge to meet up with a small object, 500million miles away and travelling at tens of thousands of miles per hour and actually land on it. It's mind bending!


I suspect it's not real. All done in a studio somewhere to fool the public into being proud to be European and vote to stay in the EU.

Yes, that must be it. A German plot.
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Re: Well done Philae

#10 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2014, 1:09 pm

:pointlaugh:

It was discussed on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show this morning (I only listened to it briefly - it's never good for my blood pressure). Anyway, he said he just didn't understand why, travelling so fast, it didn't just burn up.

I despair at the level of scientific illiteracy.
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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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