IM Egdall Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 After ten years of flight, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft now flying alongside a comet. This is an amazing feat. I can't wait to see what we learn from this. http://annesastronomynews.com/rosetta-arrives-at-comet-destination/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantheory Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 A Pretty awesome feat. Funny looking comet too. My guess is that it not of the typical variety at least in form. I hope we learn a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Watched the event ! Really impressive ! Though, NASA did a great communication job, everyone felt so involved in Philae's landing ! Quite disapointed 67P was so hard ! I heard it had shallow density, wich would have made Philae drowning into the comet ! Now there's big problems with Philae. Because of its rebounds, it landed in a not a good place where it cannot get enough light to live for a longtime. Also, it makes its communications with Rosae longer and harder. Drilling can't be done yet as Philae's harpoons did not fire ! Hope they'll fix it. It would be so bad be can't have needed infos ! @Pantheory : why isn't it a typical variety ? (I thought they were only "young kind" and "old kind" of comets!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unity+ Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I think this might lead to the conversation about mining the resources from comets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoola Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I have heard on regular network tv reports of a "sound" like a warbley melotron, but there was no indication of what that really means. I presume it is a radio signal, and emitted from interactions of the outgassing, but nothing further on how this sound was picked up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 ! Moderator Note kristalrisThis thread is about Rosetta - not about meteor impact on earth. Stop going off-topic. Do not respond to this moderation in the thread. Everyone back to Rosetta and Philae please. ! Moderator Note Hijack about Comet/Meteor hitting earth Split off to here http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/86541-cometmeteor-impact-with-earth-split-from-rosetta/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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