Rosetta spacecraft achieves orbit with comet 67P (3 Viewers)

[Sinn Fein]

Do we know if it landed right-side up, or if just shot the harpoons out into space - hurting back to earth ready to destroy cities like an alien missile?

 

[El Floppo]

So maybe feats like this will convince us to invest more money in NASA?

Or is that too political for this thread?

at this point, is there a nationalistic need for the proprietary research that comes out of this to keep it just with NASA? Or can we do these things more... dare I say... communally with other countries, similar to what's going on with the Space Station?

 

[Sinn Fein]

So maybe feats like this will convince us to invest more money in NASA?

Or is that too political for this thread?

at this point, is there a nationalistic need for the proprietary research that comes out of this to keep it just with NASA? Or can we do these things more... dare I say... communally with other countries, similar to what's going on with the Space Station?

This is not a NASA project is it? I though this was a multi-country effort based in Europe.

 

[jamny]

So maybe feats like this will convince us to invest more money in NASA?

Or is that too political for this thread?

at this point, is there a nationalistic need for the proprietary research that comes out of this to keep it just with NASA? Or can we do these things more... dare I say... communally with other countries, similar to what's going on with the Space Station?

I think so. There were some obvious benefits to the exploration of the moon and near orbit as you can see by the technology we have today. I just don't know if the return is so great as we venture further out with such increasingly expensive missions. Not enough that we have to take the cost on ourselves.

 

[El Floppo]

So maybe feats like this will convince us to invest more money in NASA?

Or is that too political for this thread?

at this point, is there a nationalistic need for the proprietary research that comes out of this to keep it just with NASA? Or can we do these things more... dare I say... communally with other countries, similar to what's going on with the Space Station?

This is not a NASA project is it? I though this was a multi-country effort based in Europe.

ESA.

I was answering Tim.

 

[shader]

Can't we enjoy something without bringing in politics or religion, both of which are going to bring angry people on both sides? They landed a spacecraft on a comet. That's awesome.

 

[timschochet]

NASA and JPL are both pretty heavily involved in this. I mentioned before my mom's friend, Claudia Alexander, who was featured in the LA Times/ she's been working on this for over 10 years.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Can't we enjoy something without bringing in politics or religion, both of which are going to bring angry people on both sides? They landed a spacecraft on a comet. That's awesome.

Praise be to Allah

 

[pantagrapher]

Heaven's Gate landed a whole congregation on Hale-Bopp years ago. And for a fraction of the cost.

 

[joffer]

Would love to see a probe sent to Europa next. Find out if there really is a sub-surface ocean

 

[Tom Servo]

Would love to see a probe sent to Europa next. Find out if there really is a sub-surface ocean

Did you happen to forget we're not supposed to land on Europa?

 

[bagger]

I mean, what is the point of a comet harpoon? It sits there for years, and when you actually get to the comet - when you actually need the bloody thing - it doesn't fire! What is the bloody point?

space whales.

 

[joffer]

Would love to see a probe sent to Europa next. Find out if there really is a sub-surface ocean

Did you happen to forget we're not supposed to land on Europa?

no, but that movie wasn't very good.

 

[Phil Elliott]

NASA and JPL are both pretty heavily involved in this. I mentioned before my mom's friend, Claudia Alexander, who was featured in the LA Times/ she's been working on this for over 10 years.

Yeah, pretty awesome feat by Claudia!

 

[timschochet]

NASA and JPL are both pretty heavily involved in this. I mentioned before my mom's friend, Claudia Alexander, who was featured in the LA Times/ she's been working on this for over 10 years.

Yeah, pretty awesome feat by Claudia!

She didn't do it by herself, but she deserves SOME of the credit, just a little:

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-c1-rosetta-alexander-20141110-story.html#page=1

Claudia Alexander has spent the last 15 years of her life waiting for this moment: landing a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on the surface of a speeding comet.

She knows it won't be easy. The comet is hurtling through space at 84,000 mph, and its icy surface appears to be strewn with large boulders and steep slopes. She doesn't know whether the comet's nucleus has the consistency of talcum powder or whether parts of it are hard as diamond.

On Wednesday, the NASA scientist will be with her counterparts at the European Space Agency's operations center in Darmstadt, Germany, waiting to hear whether the spacecraft has made it to the comet's surface, and whether it's still functioning.

 

[TheAristocrat]

"landing a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on the surface of a speeding comet."

Yeah, even just saying that out loud sounds awesome. Great work, Claudia!

 

[timschochet]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

 

[Fennis]

Amazing, 3D Model with time elapse:

http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/

gif version: http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/avZGG4q_460sa_v1.gif

 

[Fennis]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

 

[joffer]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

Voyager 1 is going about half that

 

[timschochet]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

 

[joffer]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

Voyager 1 is going about half that

Juno became the fastest man-made object last year when it slingshot around Earth on the way to Jupiter

 

[Fennis]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

laser is a man made device.

The speed of rosetta is due to the gravity assist around earth and mars

 

[TheIronSheik]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

laser is a man made device.

The speed of rosetta is due to the gravity assist around earth and mars

That's a space ship though. How fast does a bullet travel?

 

[Fennis]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

laser is a man made device.

The speed of rosetta is due to the gravity assist around earth and mars

That's a space ship though. How fast does a bullet travel?

If a bullet leaves Chicago at 6:00 PM and Superman leaves Cleveland at 6:02 PM, where will they meet?

 

[timschochet]

I think you guys missed my point, lol. I wrote that I was having trouble imagining the speed of a comet at 84,000 miles an hour. A bullet travels at around 1,500 miles per hour, and I can't see a bullet traveling through the air- too fast. So trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, much less trying to land a spacecraft on that- it boggles the mind.

 

[jamny]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

Probably this

 

[Fennis]

I think you guys missed my point, lol. I wrote that I was having trouble imagining the speed of a comet at 84,000 miles an hour. A bullet travels at around 1,500 miles per hour, and I can't see a bullet traveling through the air- too fast. So trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, much less trying to land a spacecraft on that- it boggles the mind.

it is amazing. as is the entire 4-billion mile journey and then top it off by landing on a comet. C'mon this is all just insane, unbelievable achievements.

 

[TheIronSheik]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

laser is a man made device.

The speed of rosetta is due to the gravity assist around earth and mars

That's a space ship though. How fast does a bullet travel?

If a bullet leaves Chicago at 6:00 PM and Superman leaves Cleveland at 6:02 PM, where will they meet?

Newark. That's where their layover is.

 

[Fennis]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

Probably this

adding THAT to my Amazon wish list

 

[timschochet]

Actually though, I was just looking at the Orders of Magnitude from Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(speed)

And it says that the Earth moves around the sun at a speed of 66,000 mph. So we're all moving at close to the speed of the comet.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I think you guys missed my point, lol. I wrote that I was having trouble imagining the speed of a comet at 84,000 miles an hour. A bullet travels at around 1,500 miles per hour, and I can't see a bullet traveling through the air- too fast. So trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, much less trying to land a spacecraft on that- it boggles the mind.

Satellites travel 17,000 mph and I can see them move across the sky.

 

[Fennis]

Actually though, I was just looking at the Orders of Magnitude from Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(speed)

And it says that the Earth moves around the sun at a speed of 66,000 mph. So we're all moving at close to the speed of the comet.

I walk the opposite direction at 3 MPH, so I am going 65,997.

 

[timschochet]

I think you guys missed my point, lol. I wrote that I was having trouble imagining the speed of a comet at 84,000 miles an hour. A bullet travels at around 1,500 miles per hour, and I can't see a bullet traveling through the air- too fast. So trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, much less trying to land a spacecraft on that- it boggles the mind.

Satellites travel 17,000 mph and I can see them move across the sky.

Because of distance, right? If the satellite were moving at that speed directly in front of you, would you see it? (You'd feel it for sure, but would you actually SEE it?)

 

[B-Deep]

Would love to see a probe sent to Europa next. Find out if there really is a sub-surface ocean

I think our next stop is Uranus

 

[TheIronSheik]

I think you guys missed my point, lol. I wrote that I was having trouble imagining the speed of a comet at 84,000 miles an hour. A bullet travels at around 1,500 miles per hour, and I can't see a bullet traveling through the air- too fast. So trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, much less trying to land a spacecraft on that- it boggles the mind.

Satellites travel 17,000 mph and I can see them move across the sky.

Because of distance, right? If the satellite were moving at that speed directly in front of you, would you see it? (You'd feel it for sure, but would you actually SEE it?)

I would. But I have pretty good vision.

 

[joffer]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

Voyager 1 is going about half that

Juno became the fastest man-made object last year when it slingshot around Earth on the way to Jupiter

Scratch that. Helios 2 was faster. Should've known better than to click on a foxnews link.

 

[joffer]

Would love to see a probe sent to Europa next. Find out if there really is a sub-surface ocean

I think our next stop is Uranus

get in line

 

[TheIronSheik]

Would love to see a probe sent to Europa next. Find out if there really is a sub-surface ocean

I think our next stop is Uranus

Fry: Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus.

[He laughs.]

Leela: I don't get it.

Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all..

Fry: Oh. What's it called now?

Farnsworth: Urectum.

 

[Fennis]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

Voyager 1 is going about half that

Juno became the fastest man-made object last year when it slingshot around Earth on the way to Jupiter

Scratch that. Helios 2 was faster. Should've known better than to click on a foxnews link.

There we go. Shoot a bullet and use the suns gravitation and you can really really fast

 

[joffer]

Actually though, I was just looking at the Orders of Magnitude from Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(speed)

And it says that the Earth moves around the sun at a speed of 66,000 mph. So we're all moving at close to the speed of the comet.

we orbit the center of the Galaxy much faster than that

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

I learned Mandarin in eight days using this thing.

 

[El Floppo]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

it's all relative.

 

[Ignoramus]

SarcasticRover ‏@SarcasticRover 15m15 minutes ago

Maybe we don't have to harpoon every comet we land on. Maybe we try negotiating first?

How else are we supposed to get that sweet, sweet comet blubber?

 

[El Floppo]

Amazing, 3D Model with time elapse:

http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/

gif version: http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/avZGG4q_460sa_v1.gif

so cool- unbelievable how many orbits it needed and how they were able to get it exactly where it needed to be.

thanks, flat-lander.

 

[Ignoramus]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

Oh good lord

Anyone know how fast Usain Bolt can run (in MPH, I mean)?

 

[Sinn Fein]

I'm trying to imagine 84,000 miles an hour, What is the fastest speed that a man-made device has been able to travel?

it's all relative.

Thats just your theory

 

[Sinn Fein]

Gotta figure Kim Jong-il was traveling faster than that when he landed on the sun.

 

[Parrothead]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

Oh good lord

Anyone know how fast Usain Bolt can run (in MPH, I mean)?

on Earth or on Uranus? cause he can really boogie on Uranus...

 

[El Floppo]

a laser goes 186,000 miles per second

That's a beam of light, though, right? Not a device. How fast does a bullet travel?

Oh good lord

Anyone know how fast Usain Bolt can run (in MPH, I mean)?

on Earth or on Uranus? cause he can really boogie on Uranus...

or if a little dog is chasing him. through space, especially.