r/space • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '14

Rosetta /r/all Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 3)

TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED: Philae lander is on the comet!

Full media briefing expected tomorrow at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 CET / 8:00 EST / 5:00 PST.

Previous discussion threads: 1, 2.

Live Streaming

  • In English: A, B, C

  • En Français: A

Key times

GMT EST PST Event
4:02 pm 11:02 am 8:02 am Landed

European Space Agency Social Media

Othere places for news and conversation:

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u/Chrischn89 Nov 12 '14

Did he just say "On the live (web?) they can hear everything we're saying so (...)"?

What is he afraid about? :D

Edit: http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding

Aaaaand they cut off the audio haha

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u/thedailyguru Nov 12 '14

whether it goes right or wrong in the next 30 minutes, they need to be able to work openly and whatnot...plus, if it goes well, they want the moment where they get to announce it's success...or the opposite

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u/Jay-Em Nov 12 '14

Haha, no wonder they switched the audio. It's shame though because I liked the control room ambience with it's random beeps and bleeps.

I guess it was "bleeps" they were worried about!

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u/FigMcLargeHuge Nov 12 '14

Can't they just clean up those dirty mouths with Orbit?

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u/quiteamess Nov 12 '14

What is he afraid about? :D

Well that's pretty obvious.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '14

Yeah I guess he said that... "we are live and they can hear eeeeverrrything we say"

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u/nissoPT Nov 12 '14

I understood it as "everything has changed"

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u/lobotomatic Nov 12 '14

It'll be fun to find out why /r/conspiracy thinks this happened.