European Space Agency lands spaceship on hurtling comet after 4-billion-mile journey. Meanwhile, over at NASA, no word about their high-priority outreach effort to Muslims.
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European Space Agency lands spaceship on hurtling comet
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Damn thing has already gone silent: https://news.yahoo.com/philae-lander-comet-may-communicate-again-073601131.html.
Apparently it uses solar power and they landed it in a ravine where it doesn't get any sunlight. This is what happens when you have to use people from every country for political reasons. The Italian designers, German engineers, French project managers, and British physicists did fine, but the Polish pilot...
They should have gave a half white Kenyan the pilot's job.
And the femmanazis are still upset about the controllers shirt....
Yeah I don't get it... Personally I didn't notice it at first... once I did only because it was pointed out, it was like so? Seriously he is an heterosexual male and a nerd what do you expect? So weird...
I just want to know where I can get one of those shirts!
Never let it be said I didn't help out.. :)
http://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2014/11/breaking-news-irish-has-found-shirt.html
It's sold out!
Yep, I was there mid day, and even the ones that kinda resemble that one are sold out. It'll take a while to catch up with demand. Good advertising, Dr. Taylor.
You could probably have one made from some of your photos.
http://iotwreport.com/?p=261372
There must have been millions of folks in Europe who were not sleeping at night out of concern for what the internals on a comet might be. [sarcasm]
everyone knows that comets are made of cheese.
and the anchors have failed to deploy. Le oopsie.
That's for a fast retreat, if needed.
They have a "fallback team" that can pop white flags, eject all shiny pointy objects that might look dangerous. The rover is then set to dribble steering fluid from between its axles and start playing German songs.
The probe is French?
We use to do the really cool space things. Now it's the EU doing them.
That's because their Muslim outreach program works better.
Next year a US probe - safely launched before Obama was elected and turned NASA's focus into a climate change/muslim outreach joke - will be the first to reach Pluto. Once this idiot and his corrupt band of thieves are run out of office, perhaps we can get back to doing real expolration like this, insterad of PC BS favored by the democrat party.
1.6 billion dollars and they will get what? Data that says it's hot, gassy and going tres fast. Dumping buckets of cash down a black hole to determine what they already know. Yep, I can't see why we aren't still doing stupid shit like this too.
I'll take that over the shit the government likes to waste money on.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/22/government-waste-includes-swedish-massages-rabbits/
If waste and fraud in government was eliminated then space exploration would be a spit in the bucket.
Seriously? You don't see the value in doing basic research? I guarantee you we didn't learn everything there is to know about comets by taking long range scans. If they find viruses or bacteria, for instance, think what that will mean about the origin of life. They know that comets have carbon and water, but what else that spacefarers need might they find? And what if they find a two-millennia-old Roman coin sitting in a little leather pouch? THEN what do we say?
If they find bacteria, Ebolabama will be begging to let it come here.
Let it land in D.C.
And what if they find a two-millennia-old Roman coin sitting in a little leather pouch? THEN what do we say?
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Why Roman coin and pouch? I wanna see Helen of Troy sunning herself nude on a comet, waiting to get off.
"Waiting to get off?" I didn't know you were going to comet this from that angle.
Guess I made her sound like a hopeless little boy in a boat rather than the capable star that could easily handle things her self.
This one is proving to be difficult eh Holmes? I could Borrelly come up with one pun.
but I do Lovas me some pun thread.
Nebula have heard such nonsense.
Someone should tell His Majesty how cool it would be to be the first President to set foot on a comet. NASA would then have an actual mission.
The only mission Obama would approve would be going to the moon to remove the flag.
And talk about ways to reduce lunar warming.
I am all for sending Achmed to a comet.....
I'd rather send King Barky Ebolabama.
The comet would reject him.....