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    Dr. Clayton Forrester's Science Roundup

    A real life science thriller is playing out as we speak.

    A landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was confirmed at about 1605 GMT.

    There were cheers and hugs at the control room in Darmstadt, Germany, after the signal was confirmed.

    It was designed to shine a light on some of the mysteries of these icy relics from the formation of the Solar System.

    The landing caps a 6.4 billion-kilometre journey that was begun a decade ago.

    The lander sank about 4cm into the surface, suggesting a relatively soft surface.

    But shortly after, scientists confirmed that the harpoons, designed to fasten the spacecraft to the ball of ice, did not fire as intended.
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    After a 6.4 billion kilometer journey if what you finally got into squished 4 centimeters your harpoon probably wouldn't fire either.
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      Was there a drilling crew on there as well?
      What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?

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        Originally posted by rufus View Post
        Was there a drilling crew on there as well?
        With machine guns on the drilling equipment... Can't forget that
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          Awesome Rosetta stuff from the ESA site.
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            And of course, xkcd captures the moment.
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              Points for the thread title. Push the button, Frank.
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                CNN reporting the comet may be the location of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
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                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  A real life science thriller is playing out as we speak.
                  NASA and the Obama administration should go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, you know and you feel shame, you know.
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                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    Awesome Rosetta stuff from the ESA site.
                    Wonderful!

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                      Originally posted by MountieBoyOz View Post
                      Points for the thread title. Push the button, Frank.
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                        Good summary of the Rosetta mission up to about 4 hours ago. Since then ground control has decided to delay some of the tests for fear of toppling the lander over and killing it. Ptolemy, which is the super-cool gas "sniffer" experiment, will probably still happen, but last, since it is risky.
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                          Rowsdower!!!
                          What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?

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                              Jose Canseco weighs in on the future of comets.

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