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.
Well done Philae and team
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Re: Well Philae
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.
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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Re: Well done Philae and team
That's up there with the moon landing, incredible stuff.
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Re: Well done Philae and team
Except they appear to have parked it in the shadow of a cliff so its solar panels cant work