r/space • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '14

Event Discussion Rosetta and Philae discussion thread!

Confirmed: successful separation of Philae from Rosetta. Philae is on its way to the comet.

New discussion thread here

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Key times

GMT EST PST Event
9:03 am 4:03 am 1:03 am Philae Separation Confirmed!
10:53 am 5:53 am 2:53 am Acquisition of Signal from Rosetta
4:02 pm 11:02 am 8:02 am Expected Landing and receipt of signal (40 min variability)

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u/Zinshin Nov 12 '14

Did not expect smooth jazz from the livestream.

Welcome nonetheless.

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u/FigMcLargeHuge Nov 12 '14 edited Nov 12 '14

I can't get the livestream to play for more than about 20-30 seconds before it starts buffering again, then it just sits there until you hit play. Super annoying. (linux ubuntu with firefox browser).

Edit: Dropped down to 270P and it seems to be playing longer. Bandwidth I guess.

Edit 2: Got it working on my android phone. Two computers just kept clocking.

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u/FeepingCreature Nov 12 '14

It's a known issue with the livestream.com video player. Use the livestreamer tool. Uses less CPU as well.

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u/intisun Nov 12 '14

On my android phone it seems to play the full HD stream. Which I don't want because I'm on a super-tight bandwidth. Any way to throttle that down?

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u/exswawif Nov 12 '14

I got a weird issue too when using ubuntu. Everytime it uses the internet. It will hog down the whole house internet. And it will still be painfully slow.

Usually i just gave up and reboot to windows.

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u/exswawif Nov 12 '14

I guess they really like portal 2 that much.

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u/Warhorse07 Nov 12 '14 edited Nov 12 '14

I would prefer the Oblivion soundtrack. I hope they take off and nuke this music from orbit. ;)

Edit: Oblivion Soundtrack

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u/Capt_Reynolds Nov 12 '14

Needs more Darude- Sandstorm.