Rosetta: Alarm to sound for comet mission

kennyc · **#141** by **kennyc** » Nov 13, 2014 5:00 pm

Well jeeze, why didn't they paint it fluorescent Orange or put a laser beacon on it or something....sheesh...

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/11/ ... -location/

Steve · **#142** by **Steve** » Nov 13, 2014 5:05 pm

So, being loose on the surface, I understand the refrigerator sized probe weighs about 1 gram. That's not a lot of grip for taking samples...

kennyc · **#143** by **kennyc** » Nov 13, 2014 5:07 pm

Steve wrote:So, being loose on the surface, I understand the refrigerator sized probe weighs about 1 gram. That's not a lot of grip for taking samples...

Exactly, drilling may be an issue if it is not anchored...

twistor59 · **#144** by **twistor59** » Nov 13, 2014 5:37 pm

Right, come on, who was responsible for the harpoons?

Steve · **#145** by **Steve** » Nov 13, 2014 5:42 pm

Maybe next time we should send a glue gun.

CdesignProponentsist · **#146** by **CdesignProponentsist** » Nov 13, 2014 5:44 pm

twistor59 wrote:Right, come on, who was responsible for the harpoons?

I bet Greenpeace had something to do with it.

kennyc · **#147** by **kennyc** » Nov 13, 2014 5:58 pm

Hmmm....that doesn't sound good....perched precariously on a cliff with one leg in the air! (well if there WERE air)

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014 ... sa-rosetta

CdesignProponentsist · **#148** by **CdesignProponentsist** » Nov 13, 2014 7:05 pm

I hope they get as much science done as possible first before they take any chances maneuvering.

Blackadder · **#149** by **Blackadder** » Nov 13, 2014 8:00 pm

We should all pray for Philae.

kennyc · **#150** by **kennyc** » Nov 13, 2014 8:41 pm

Blackadder wrote::priest:

We should all pray for Philae.

Is it in range?

:naughty2:

Briton · **#151** by **Briton** » Nov 13, 2014 8:55 pm

Harpoons? Why don't they use the tractor beam? Bloody noobs!

Ironclad · **#152** by **Ironclad** » Nov 13, 2014 8:59 pm

So we're hearing this lab is on it's side now. Is that right?

CdesignProponentsist · **#153** by **CdesignProponentsist** » Nov 13, 2014 11:59 pm

Appears to be the case. One camera is getting deep shadow while the opposite camera is getting deep space.

THWOTH · **#154** by **THWOTH** » Nov 14, 2014 6:29 am

BBC NEWS Website wrote:Rosetta: Battery will limit life of Philae comet lander

After a historic but awkward comet landing, the robot probe Philae is now stable and sending pictures - but there are concerns about its battery life. The lander bounced twice, initially about 1km back out into space, before settling in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its intended target site.

It may now be problematic to get enough sunlight to charge its battery systems.

Launched in 2004, the European Space Agency (Esa) mission hopes to learn about the origins of our Solar System. It has already sent back the first images ever taken from the crumbling, fractured terrain of a comet. Philae got to the icy 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on the back of Esa's Rosetta satellite after a 10-year, 6.4 billion-km (4bn-mile) journey, which reached its climax on Wednesday with a seven-hour drop to the surface.

After showing an image that indicates Philae's presumed location - on the far side of a large crater that was earlier considered but then rejected as a landing site - the head of the lander team, Stephan Ulamec, said: "We could be somewhere in the rim of this crater, which could explain this bizarre… orientation that you have seen." ...

Full article and video »»

Rumraket · **#155** by **Rumraket** » Nov 14, 2014 10:35 am

Steve wrote:Maybe next time we should send a glue gun.

DUCT TAPE ffs.

Rumraket · **#156** by **Rumraket** » Nov 14, 2014 11:30 am

So, any bets on what it finds?

I'mma put my money on this one: If it finds amino acids, they will be both left and right-handed. If there's an imbalance, it will be very small (~1%).

There might be small precursors of DNA or RNA, as in the nucleobases (no sugars or phosphates attached).

That's about as far as I dare stick my neck out. When will it start giving back data?

DougC · **#157** by **DougC** » Nov 14, 2014 4:59 pm

Rumraket wrote:So, any bets on what it finds?

I'mma put my money on this one: If it finds amino acids, they will be both left and right-handed. If there's an imbalance, it will be very small (~1%).

There might be small precursors of DNA or RNA, as in the nucleobases (no sugars or phosphates attached).

That's about as far as I dare stick my neck out. When will it start giving back data?

I wonder, if there is amino acids , if they have taken Jesus Christ as their personal savior? :coffee:

hackenslash · **#158** by **hackenslash** » Nov 14, 2014 5:18 pm

Briton wrote:Harpoons? Why don't they use the tractor beam? Bloody noobs!

Careful now, you don't want to bring the ire of the McCulloch down on you... :coffee:

Blackadder · **#159** by **Blackadder** » Nov 14, 2014 9:23 pm

I think one of the most surprising discoveries about Comet 67P is that there isn't a Starbucks there yet.

quisquose · **#160** by **quisquose** » Nov 14, 2014 9:38 pm

Blackadder wrote:I think one of the most surprising discoveries about Comet 67P is that there isn't a Starbucks there yet.

Well, the thing is there was already no atmosphere there.

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