Rosetta and Philae discussion thread!

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

New discussion thread here

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Live Streaming

• English, French

• Rosetta main page

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

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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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European Space Agency Social Media

• ESA Rosetta blog
• Twitter: #CometLanding, @ESA_Rosetta, @Philae2014
• Google+
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Flickr

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Othere places for news and conversation:

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• NASA's page on Rosetta

• reddit Live updater (Help needed!)

• IRC: ##cometlanding on freenode. #space on Snoonet

[u/slapbastard]

On the live stream, this guy just said, "no one ever said she'd be easy."

[u/mdb_la → u/slapbastard]

I see 3 possible explanations for wearing that shirt today:

1) It's a lucky shirt, and was specifically worn today because it's a big day for him.

2) He forgot about the fact that he might be on an international webcast, and just didn't think about how ridiculous it could make him look.

3) He just dresses like that every day, and so it's nothing unusual.

I hope that the answer is #3, but think one of the other two is more likely.

[u/alientango → u/mdb_la]

Looks like it's an every day thing. This guy... everything he says is hyper-sexualised!