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Post by Baroque on Nov 13, 2014 15:12:12 GMT 1
What a bounce! On earth, 1km on the comet, is equivalent to bouncing out to around about 3000km from our surface. Weeeee!!! Linie is probably in secret contact with extraterrestrials monitoring the situation.
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Post by XWB on Nov 13, 2014 16:27:42 GMT 1
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Post by Linie 9 on Nov 13, 2014 17:01:50 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Nov 13, 2014 17:03:47 GMT 1
There's a bit of a concern apparently as Philae is now in the shadows of a cliff possibly hampering solar power generation.
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Post by Linie 9 on Nov 14, 2014 2:17:51 GMT 1
I think, that the problems are much more worth than a smooth operation as planned. You always learn more by faults. Perhaps they try something crazy in the remainig time and it works or not. There are comets enough - and now they know that the scene designers of Armageddon did a real good job Anyway. A very successfull mission. Rosetta will stay.
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Post by Linie 9 on Nov 14, 2014 12:48:55 GMT 1
Last night MUPUS hammered the penetrator into the ground:
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Post by Jkkw on Nov 15, 2014 3:31:44 GMT 1
There's a bit of a concern apparently as Philae is now in the shadows of a cliff possibly hampering solar power generation. Philae has now gone into idle mode where everything is essentially turned off as there is insufficient amounts of solar energy and their batteries have been depleted. If Philae recieves more or a sufficient amount of sunlight, then it would be possible for it to reawaken. blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/15/our-landers-asleep/
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Post by XWB on Nov 15, 2014 12:20:38 GMT 1
On the flip side, Philae has done some experiments and all the data was successfully uploaded to Rosetta before the batteries were depleted.
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Nov 15, 2014 15:43:25 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Nov 15, 2014 15:43:25 GMT 1
I think, that the problems are much more worth than a smooth operation as planned. You always learn more by faults. Perhaps they try something crazy in the remainig time and it works or not. Indeed. It has been successful in my books. This mission has encountered some very unexpected surprises, like the shape of the comet itself, which one usually thought of it as a smooth potato you can land on without too much of a problem. There's a lot that can be learned from this mission to help plan future ones and space technology has also come a long way since this probe's launch. And who knows, perhaps there's something more unexpected and interesting to be found in the shadows of the comet. Being exposed to very little sunlight, this part of the comet may be carrying stuff from the outer solar system that has not yet been altered by it.
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Nov 17, 2014 19:13:49 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Nov 17, 2014 19:13:49 GMT 1
Some images have been released showing Philae during its bounce and its final resting place. More details here. Looks like it is now lying somewhere between a rock and a hard place...literally!
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