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Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
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Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 4:44 am
http://rosetta.esa.int/
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 10:32 am
Just waiting for the reports of landing (about 1 hour to go I think) I heard that the cold gas system to reduce recoil from the harpoons was faulty, I just hope the thing doesn't bounce off after all this time and effort Thinking
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 12:07 pm
Oh....

Quote:In that time, the Rosetta mission has been conducting an unprecedented scientific analysis of the comet, a remnant of the Solar System’s 4.6 billion-year history.

no wonder FOX isn't covering it. It's got all of that sciency stuff that jesus freaks hate to hear.

Plus...it was done by socialists!
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 12:09 pm (This post was last modified: November 12, 2014 at 12:11 pm by abaris.)
(November 12, 2014 at 12:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: no wonder FOX isn't covering it. It's got all of that sciency stuff that jesus freaks hate to hear.

Plus...it was done by socialists!

Second reason is even more likely.

Just read, they made it.
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Apparently it succeeded. Sucks to be Bill O'Reilly today.
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 12:28 pm
Best part of this video is that I kept looking for the rewind button...
...till I realized it was LIVE! Clap
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 12:38 pm
Ok, so for us who missed the live feed, where can we watch it?
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Watch here: http://xkcd1446.org/

Tongue

The live stream is still ongoing
http://rosetta.esa.int/
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 1:26 pm
HOAX.
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 12, 2014 at 1:48 pm
Success! Worship (large)

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