Well done Philae and team

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Well done Philae and team

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That's quite an achievement. Sending a small robotic probe on a 6.4 billion km journey 10 years ago, finding a comet and then landing on it.

Impressive stuff.

I do like a bit of science porn.
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I'm really hoping they find something worthwhile there, it's a brilliant achievement in so many ways, fingers crossed!

Of course if the bloke that owns the comet comes looking for whoever is littering his ball of ice with space junk I didn't just say that.
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Agreed, top triumph of technology and science.
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Incredible feat of engineering
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That's up there with the moon landing, incredible stuff.
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Mind blowing figures
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Except they appear to have parked it in the shadow of a cliff so its solar panels cant work (giggle)
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