"BATC42" (BATC42)
11/12/2014 at 11:18 • Filed to: None
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"BATC42" (BATC42)
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After 25 years of hardwork, and 10 after its launch, the Philae, Rosetta's Lander, finally landed a few minutes ago on the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet.
A huge congratulations to all the women and men involved in this mission.
Mosqvich
> BATC42
11/12/2014 at 11:23 |
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Pretty amazing work. What a herculean effort to do this, especially considering they launched this 10 years ago!
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BATC42
> Mosqvich
11/12/2014 at 11:26 |
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And with Philae's thruster (to push her towards the comet's surface) not working.
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Mosqvich
> BATC42
11/12/2014 at 11:28 |
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Excellent point. Orbital mechanics is tough to calculate and can take a lot of time. The USAF had a major satellite's launcher fail to get it into the correct orbit. It took over a year to slowly make the orbital correction.
ESA clearly knows what they're doing.
LappingLuke
> BATC42
11/12/2014 at 11:34 |
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Holy crap that is mind blowing. :O
BigBlock440
> BATC42
11/12/2014 at 11:38 |
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I thought the thruster was just to hold it to the surface while it anchored
philsphan09
> BATC42
11/12/2014 at 12:14 |
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Apparently the harpoons may not have fired...rut row better bring in Bruce Willis!