Comet landing

[Bambino]

They've done it! An historic moment.

[Beenherebefore]

Suddenly it's gone very dark in the Bristol area

[Anonymous]

I saw the news this morning that a thruster on top of it was not working and could cause an issue with bouncing.

Let's see what they find on it.

[viridis]

Excellent, good job the harpoons still worked.

[Cleoriff]

Brilliant news. as you say @Bambino a historic event

http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/live/2014/nov/12/rosetta-comet-landing-live-b...

[Beenherebefore]

Historic and extremely clever to land on something 300 million miles away, the size of Manhattan.......but why ?

[Bambino]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

Historic and extremely clever to land on something 300 million miles away, the size of Manhattan.......but why ?

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This might be a good reason. A quote from an article I was just reading: 

"Astrophysicists hope Philae's examination of the icy dust cluster will unlock knowledge about the origins of the Solar System and even life on Earth.

A leading theory states that comets may have "seeded" the fledgling planet 4.6 billion years ago with life-giving carbon molecules and water."

[Anonymous]

[Toby]

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@Bambino wrote:

They've done it! An historic moment.

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Very cool indeed

[Beenherebefore]

Too many "hopes" and "may have" in that comment.

Having spent what must be millions of Euros, I "hope" they can justify the cost/benefit.