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Post by jammy on Nov 12, 2014 21:58:52 GMT
It seem's like a bloody tall order to me, are you sure this isnt some sort of big fake like the moon landings...!!!  |
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 12, 2014 22:05:20 GMT
So, do you think they really just landed it on a grassy knoll in Dallas, Texas?
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 13, 2014 9:53:14 GMT
Oh dear - it's looking a trifle dodgy. If they haven't anchored the beastie down properly they are going to have trouble drilling samples in the prevailing micro-gravity.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 13, 2014 10:19:33 GMT
It bounced twice on landing - the first bounce took just on 2 hours! Amazing low gravity, but seems to be enough to keep it there. Let's hope they can sort out the anchoring for the actual science to take place.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2014 11:49:40 GMT
Hopefully the anchor/harpoon stays can yet be deployed, holding it steady. Otherwise drilling could be a tad tricky, seeing as it'll just lift Philae off the surface.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2014 11:51:32 GMT
So, do you think they really just landed it on a grassy knoll in Dallas, Texas? Is that the usual location for fake landings? Nasa and Esa must have an ongoing agreement, too. |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 13, 2014 11:53:48 GMT
First view from the comet. Looking at it, we're lucky that Philae survived at all.
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 13, 2014 13:58:59 GMT
So, do you think they really just landed it on a grassy knoll in Dallas, Texas? Is that the usual location for fake landings? Nasa and Esa must have an ongoing agreement, too. I thought a grassy knoll was standard equipment for all conspiracy theories! |
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Post by stanleyb on Nov 14, 2014 17:55:28 GMT
This is one small hop for Philae , one giant leap for mankind.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 14, 2014 22:15:15 GMT
Quite a dilemma they have at the moment: leave it alone, do what experiments they can and then shut it down until the secondary battery charges or not; or attempt to move it by firing the harpoons and risk stuffing it forever, or getting it into sunlight so that they can do the full tally. Tough one.
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Post by jammy on Nov 15, 2014 2:38:33 GMT
Toss a coin - Best of three...!!!
Or
Rock Paper Scissors.?
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 15, 2014 7:25:38 GMT
They seem to have chosen not to risk another hop.
It may come back into sunlight as the comet continues on its orbit round the sun.
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Post by stanleyb on Nov 15, 2014 21:55:28 GMT
 This must be one of the most astonishing pictures I have ever seen from a landscape alien to our own. The Mars rovers pics were already amazing, but Mars is a far bigger piece of rock, and they had a lot more time to take a picture and send it back. I wonder if they'll try to add colour to the pictures in due course. |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 15, 2014 23:47:37 GMT
Simply amazing!
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Post by jammy on Nov 16, 2014 2:14:14 GMT
I dont like it, theres something just not right about that photo...!!! Got it - Should'nt there be some stars in the background. ?  |
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Post by stanleyb on Nov 16, 2014 17:03:08 GMT
I dont like it, theres something just not right about that photo...!!! Got it - Should'nt there be some stars in the background. ? There are. If you look closely you'll see them. |
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Post by jammy on Nov 16, 2014 17:11:00 GMT
Thanks Stan i will take your word for it. But i would still like to have seen a couple closer Stars and maybe a Planet, Passing Comet, or a Gas cloud. Just to be sure we are indeed getting the real deal...!!! |
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Post by Barry on Nov 16, 2014 17:29:22 GMT
There are some stars to be seen, if you look carefully. They appear as very small pin-pricks of light, because there is no atmosphere to cause diffraction, which would make them appear larger, as they do on Earth.
The same comment was made about the photographs taken of the moon landings and were used by conspiracy theorists as 'evidence' that the landings were faked.
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Post by Tim on Nov 16, 2014 17:55:13 GMT
Seems straightforward to me, the area is lit either by strong sunlight or artificial light on the probe to enable the picture to be taken. This light has bleached out the background of stars (you can see some), same as if you stand outside with street-lighting - you can't see the stars. Go into the country side without any light pollution and hey presto . . . . "My god, it's full of stars"  |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 16, 2014 20:12:25 GMT
"My god, it's full of stars" Nice quote, there |
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