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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:27 PM Dec 2015

Comet lander Philae is still alive

Comet lander Philae still alive! Ten seconds of data was transmitted last night

https://twitter.com/jarimakinen/status/679242054971469825

not much now but hopefully more to come....

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Comet lander Philae is still alive (Original Post) n2doc Dec 2015 OP

! Wilms Dec 2015 #1

When I think about how extraordinary this mission was... gvstn Dec 2015 #2

Way cool! nt valerief Dec 2015 #3

Wilms

(26,795 posts)

1. !

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:40 PM

Dec 2015

gvstn

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2. When I think about how extraordinary this mission was...

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 03:01 PM

Dec 2015

I can't be more gleeful that they get some success from it.

I can't even conceptualize the idea of planning a mission where you travel millions of miles at ~25,000 miles an hour and land on something else also traveling at that speed. The math is too much for me, but I congratulate them for even getting to the comet.

Glad to hear that it might actually have worked and might be transmitting back data!

valerief

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3. Way cool! nt

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 08:53 PM

Dec 2015

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