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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Bob, great find. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Bob, great find. +2! :) |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Bob, great find. +10 :) |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Back to the Rosetta Mission. The comet and Rosetta are still moving inward toward the sun but they will not cross the earth's path. That makes me wonder how active the comet will get. I found this 3D graphic that shows the comet will pass about half way between the earth and Mars. Would be nice if that would wake up the Philae... Or, if we did have large mirrors to light up the comet fomr the Earth...making it lighten from other side! And wake up Philae... ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19046 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Some success reported, Comet landing: UK team's data bonanza from Philae UK Researchers received "rich" data from the Philae lander just before its power died. The team leader Prof Ian Wright has told BBC News: "We can say with absolute certainty that we saw a very large signal of what are basically organic (carbon) compounds. |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Is there a way to "softly land" Rosetta spacecraft on the asteroid? non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20254 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Is there a way to "softly land" Rosetta spacecraft on the asteroid? Come the end of the mission, that may well be attempted, as was done for a probe that was orbiting an asteroid. Keep search in Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
As I understand it the Rosetta Spacecraft that the Philae lander piggy backed on for the journey to Mars, was designed for a totally different purpose than the lander. If it itself was landed, even if that was possible, that would defeat some of its planned observations. I know! Why to destruct the Rosetta? try to land it & you will have a spacecraft on an asteroid...and observe the space around with it! non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
Rosetta probably lacks a landing gear and can only crash land. Tullio |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20254 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Is there a way to "softly land" Rosetta spacecraft on the asteroid? See: NEAR Shoemaker Keep search in Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Depending on how much fuel Rosetta has after it's mission at this comet has ended they might try another flyby of an object near enough to reach. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Rosetta's mission creep is there is one will have been determined at launch by how much fuel it was loaded with. I haven't seen any indication that it was pre-planned to go on and observe anything else after this task. if there is a capability left to do more then I expect they will try it, planned or not. IIRC they expected it would be destroyed as the comet became more active. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
I think they should withhold judgement. Data from one comet is mighty slim evidence to rule out the water from comets theory. What if this is a very odd comet? Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Good! Comet probe 'may revive in March' A probe that made the first landing on a comet but fell silent when its battery ran down may revive with sunlight in March. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/business/tech/2015/01/06/comet-probe--may-revive-in-march-.html#sthash.a00xn1W3.dpuf |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Good! Woohoo!! rOZZ Music Pictures |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Good! Gee, they lost it somewhere on the comet...haven't they think about getting more photos from lower orbit with Rosseta? :/ non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Good! The mission didn't go well since the beginning... rOZZ Music Pictures |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Interesting. Rosetta Comet 'Pouring' More Water Into Space There has been a significant increase in the amount of water "pouring" out of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet on which the Rosetta mission's Philae lander touched down in November 2014. The 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer) comet was releasing the earthly equivalent of 40 ounces (1.2 liters) of water into space every second at the end of August 2014. The observations were made by NASA's Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO), aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft. Science results from the MIRO team were released today as part of a special Rosetta-related issue of the journal Science. http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/rosetta-comet-pouring-more-water-into-space/index.html |
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