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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1453991" data-attributes="member: 18225">I like that you&#039;re a &#039;science&#039; booster!That top picture is the Philae lander from the Rosetta mission (that&#039;s a mockup, not an actual picture).The Rosetta mission was funded by the European Union...they were the first to land a robot on a comet.&nbsp; They launched the mission ten years ago...the spacecraft traveled close to 400,000,000 miles to reach it&#039;s destination.Even though Philae, the washing-machine sized lander that detached from the Rosetta craft failed to properly attach itself to the comet, it performed 80% of its missions objectives.Philae bounced around a bit, and finally came to rest under a craggy rock.&nbsp; It&#039;s solar panels currently won&#039;t recharge...it&#039;s gone to sleep.<a href="http://s68.photobucket.com/user/skyflyer9/media/philae_3107792c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/skyflyer9/philae_3107792c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>This is a picture from where Philae finally came to rest and before it went to sleep (you can see it&#039;s little leg).Here&#039;s one picture of the comet from the Rosetta spacecraft:<a href="http://s68.photobucket.com/user/skyflyer9/media/140926-comet_3973397e6a5b6c82d9c29c9e20055687.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/skyflyer9/140926-comet_3973397e6a5b6c82d9c29c9e20055687.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Just to put it into perspective:<a href="http://s68.photobucket.com/user/skyflyer9/media/Cities_comet_London-1024x693.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/skyflyer9/Cities_comet_London-1024x693.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>And the SCIENCE is starting to come back...Philae has detected organic compounds in the comets&#039; crust, giving credence to the hypothesis that life on this world was seeded from without....&nbsp;As to the second part of your diptych, yes, idiots will run wild, whether terrorist, Muslim, Christian, Politician, or psychopath. Don&#039;t hate the player, hate the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1453991, member: 18225"] I like that you're a 'science' booster! That top picture is the Philae lander from the Rosetta mission (that's a mockup, not an actual picture). The Rosetta mission was funded by the European Union...they were the first to land a robot on a comet. They launched the mission ten years ago...the spacecraft traveled close to 400,000,000 miles to reach it's destination. Even though Philae, the washing-machine sized lander that detached from the Rosetta craft failed to properly attach itself to the comet, it performed 80% of its missions objectives. Philae bounced around a bit, and finally came to rest under a craggy rock. It's solar panels currently won't recharge...it's gone to sleep. [URL='http://s68.photobucket.com/user/skyflyer9/media/philae_3107792c.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/skyflyer9/philae_3107792c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is a picture from where Philae finally came to rest and before it went to sleep (you can see it's little leg). Here's one picture of the comet from the Rosetta spacecraft: [URL=http://s68.photobucket.com/user/skyflyer9/media/140926-comet_3973397e6a5b6c82d9c29c9e20055687.jpg.html][IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/skyflyer9/140926-comet_3973397e6a5b6c82d9c29c9e20055687.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Just to put it into perspective: [URL=http://s68.photobucket.com/user/skyflyer9/media/Cities_comet_London-1024x693.jpg.html][IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/skyflyer9/Cities_comet_London-1024x693.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And the SCIENCE is starting to come back...Philae has detected organic compounds in the comets' crust, giving credence to the hypothesis that life on this world was seeded from without. . . . As to the second part of your diptych, yes, idiots will run wild, whether terrorist, Muslim, Christian, Politician, or psychopath. Don't hate the player, hate the game. [/QUOTE]

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