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Europeans to land on comet soon *Live Feed*

Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:54 am
Posted by 10Percenter
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:54 am
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DARMSTADT, Germany – The European Space Agency's unmanned Rosetta probe successfully released a lander toward the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday, putting it on its final seven-hour journey to a historic rendezvous with the fast-moving lump of dust and ice.
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 8:55 am
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:56 am to
Germans
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:56 am to
I saw this yesterday and forgot about it. Glad I saw this thread...will definitely be watching.

Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 9:38 am to
This is fricking awesome.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 9:40 am to
What time is it expected to attempt to land? I will be watching.


ETA: oh, my question has already been answered
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 9:41 am
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 10:02 am to
Thanks Obama
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 10:04 am to
WOOHOO!
Posted by baytiger
Boston
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 10:04 am to
got there
Posted by JG77056
Vegas baby, Vegas
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 10:05 am to
And the nerds go wild!
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 10:09 am to
Photos incoming?
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 10:18 am to
Hard to imagine the exhilaration those scientists are probably feeling right now.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51967 posts
Posted on 11/12/14 at 12:44 pm to
So they're worried that the anchors that hold the probe down may have not worked properly.
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