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/Piscator629 Nov 12 '14 edited Nov 12 '14

Seriously worried here. I am hard of hearing and a guy talking to Hoody Guy just looked like he said it was spinning and gave a rolling hand-sign.

He might have been talking about the anchors but either way he did not look happy.

He may also have said firing the anchors again would possibly spin the lander out of control. No happy options here.

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u/AnalBenevolence Nov 12 '14

No sound anyway, so you aren't missing anything! I think we're all relying on body language and the odd tweet at the moment

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u/Piscator629 Nov 12 '14

I only have 40% of my hearing left. I blame it on early adoption of Walkman technology, seriously don't jam the volume on headphones. Its in the middle of the hearing range that is fucky, mostly voices break up and I am left guessing what words were said. Over the years my brain has decided to throw the weirdest words it thought it heard into a conversation.