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Absolutely incredible.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/come...index.html

William Shatner tweeted,

 

"touchdown confirmed for away team @Philae2014, captain!"

 

pretty cool. 

Landing on something going 84,000 MPH is incredible

Meanwhile, the lead scientist choose to wear this.

Quote:Meanwhile, the lead scientist choose to wear <a class="bbc_url" href='https://imgur.com/KPC0uwD'>this.</a>

That shirt is cooler than cool in the geek world!!

Just heard about this morning that's amazing. Any particular reason we where interested in this comet? Reasearching some kind of mineral I assume?

Quote:Just heard about this morning that's amazing. Any particular reason we where interested in this comet? Reasearching some kind of mineral I assume?

It's all in the name of science; to examine the origins of our solar system and, perhaps, to verify if earth's water originated from comets.

This comet was selected because it comes around every 6 and a half years and is reachable. It's simply a stunning achievement.

Quote:It's all in the name of science; to examine the origins of our solar system and, perhaps, to verify if earth's water originated from comets.

This comet was selected because it comes around every 6 and a half years and is reachable. It's simply a stunning achievement.

 

ok so no Armageddon plot in play here, tracking some comet headed for earth in 20 years. (whew)

Bummer


http://m.news4jax.com/nationalnews/3-2-1...g/29731672

That sucks, 10 years and a couple billion haha

What a bounce.

 

Good news it is accomplished it's package of planned experiments for going into sleep. As it gets closer to the sun it could come back online.

And I believe they were able to get samples to analyze.