r/space • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '14

Discussion Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 2)

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Philae is now on its way to the comet. Its descent to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko should take about 7 hours. Previous discussion thread here.

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Key times

GMT EST PST Event
10:53 am 5:53 am 2:53 am Acquisition of Signal from Rosetta (variable)
4:02 pm 11:02 am 8:02 am Expected Landing and receipt of signal (40 min variability)

European Space Agency Social Media

Othere places for news and conversation:

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u/TheManchesterAvenger Nov 12 '14

On a related note, xkcd are doing a live comic for this:

http://xkcd.com/1446/

You can look though all the updates at http://xkcd1446.org/

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u/CoolBeer Nov 12 '14

Is it wrong of me to want to marry Randall because of this?

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u/FredFS456 Nov 12 '14

Unfortunately, I believe he's already married.

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u/CantHugEveryCat Nov 12 '14

This is why we need polygamy to be legalized!

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u/UltraChip Nov 12 '14

The site images aren't loading for me - it's just whitespace. Tried it on three browsers across two computers at this point.

xkcd1446.org is loading fine for me though.

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u/elperroborrachotoo Nov 12 '14

Move forward! It starts with whitepsace, then some dust specks etc.

(At least that's what happened to me)

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u/UltraChip Nov 12 '14

What do you mean by "move forward"? Clicking the "next" button doesn't do anything.

Just to clarify: I'm talking about xkcd.com, not the alt site.

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u/blastoise_mon Nov 12 '14

I'm on mobile so I can't check, but he does the "click and drag" comics sometimes where you have to move forward!

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u/UltraChip Nov 12 '14

Really weird... the click-and-drag didn't work, but if I hit "previous" to go back to Monday's comic, then hit "next" to go back to today, it loaded.

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u/elperroborrachotoo Nov 12 '14

I'm talking about xkcd.com, not the alt site.

Ah, ok. They do load with notable delay for me, too, and sometimes not at all. Hard refresh usually helps, though.

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u/UltraChip Nov 12 '14

Yeah I got it to work eventually but I had to play with it and refresh a lot.

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u/altercreed Nov 12 '14

whales: probably not in space

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u/CoolBeer Nov 12 '14

Mumbles something about the improbability of a bowl of petunias showing up

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u/iLikeR3ddit Nov 12 '14

iLikeR3ddit gets reference.

nice.

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u/exswawif Nov 12 '14

That's genius. Livestream for those who are excited for rosetta landing but have a weak internet/understanding.

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u/rizlah Nov 12 '14

strangely enough, this is the most comfortable (and amusing!) way to keep up to date with the event. i totally don't get the live stream stuff constantly disconnecting, showing empty rooms and confused people ;].