Camacha Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 About T-30 to landing. Do you mean the actual landing? Since XKCD is talking about two hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Sjould be two hours or more, likely a time zone mixup. They were saying about 7 hours of descent earlier, and release was almost exactly 4 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartGonzo Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thanks for the Thread, I had no idea this was happening As far as I know landing will be in a couple of hours"Touch down expected 16:02 GMT / 17:02 CET" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) At 14h00 UTC was the start of ESA's livestream conference they just received and shown the raw image Philae took of rosetta 50s after separation (transmitting a full image takes quite some time ), as they need to also send back other science data. Edited November 12, 2014 by sgt_flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoaa Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 randall is making a live comic in xkcd about thishttp://xkcd.com/1446/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'm gonna put this on a path towards Gilly.http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=340678052 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Bird Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 NASA TV is covering the landing live also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky_walker Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Data from Rosetta confirms that Philae is on a perfect descend path towards 67/P.Nice to hear Churyumov talking Edited November 12, 2014 by Sky_walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Hell yeah!I'm gonna put this on a path towards Gilly.Nice design! You should send it to a D/E class asteroid instead, with a mini Claw or something.___________________________________________________________________________________________EDIT: About 40 minutes to the first landing attempt. Edited November 12, 2014 by astropapi1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Bird Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'm in work so can't hear any of the broadcast. Have they said anything more about the thruster that was not working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkman Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'm in work so can't hear any of the broadcast. Have they said anything more about the thruster that was not working?They have said very little sciency things for the past hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Bird Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 They have said very little sciency things for the past hour or so.Thank you rkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of6Billion Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Where is Time Warp when you need it. Also: http://xkcd1446.org/ for people with sub-standard browsers (like me @ work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainX Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 god, looks like they only have numbers in the control room. wish they would share some of those details, also whats with that thruster!?aaahhh im just to excited... first comet landing! Go Philae! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkman Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Talking about a heater that's been fired up to recalibrate instruments to measure surface temperature.Repositioning Rosetta to keep an eye on the lander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Where is Time Warp when you need it. It's like at Gilly. They're too close to use real timewarp and if they do physical warp, they're afraid it'll summon the Kraken. They really should have put some RCS on top of the thing to push it down faster . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heng Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 random thought: there should be a Mission Control Room, maybe as a small inset - like the kerbals on "manned" missions - showing some enthusiastic engineers back home on Kerbin, for probe missions. Maybe with a little celebration picture whenever a probe lander touches down. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Bird Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 whats with that thruster!?Cold gas thruster that fires when the harpoons to. They said it may not be working?Whats the travel time for signals from the lander to earth? 48min? It could be down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 28 minutes one-way. It's not touched down yet but it's close (~10 minutes).EDIT: Stream just broke 400,000 viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The action seems to be in this thread, so:Is anyone else physically excited here? I can imagine a bit how people watching the moon landing must have felt. My extremities can't seem to keep still and my stomach seems to be crawling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 28 minutes one-way. It's not touched down yet but it's close (~10 minutes).EDIT: Stream just broke 400,000 viewers.414,500. My god, we're witnessing history in the making.EDIT: I'm excited as hell! I've got everything on hold until this thing has either drilled itself on the comet or bounced off. I don't give a damn about that chemistry test, this is more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Cold gas thruster that fires when the harpoons to. They said it may not be working?Whats the travel time for signals from the lander to earth? 48min? It could be down now.Well, from what one of the videos said, they have inconsistent readings about the cold gas thruster - so they don't know if the inconsistenties are because of a faulty sensor, or because there's something wrong with the thruster.The only way to know which one it is, will be when philae lands and tries to trigger the cold gas thruster (so we'll have the answer half an hour after that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Hobo Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'm just watching it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X30PphYIBco Only 1000 viewers!For some reason there's a 40-second delay, but means I can watch it on my TV through my PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 450,000 viewers and climbing If Philae sticks to its own timeline, then well... it's all over already. Either it's tumbling out into deep space, or it's screwing itself into the surface as we speak. It's possible that the schedule is slightly off, of course, but if it's not true yet, then it will be any moment, any second.The historic event has taken place. Now all that's left to do is get word back to Earth. 28 minutes signal delay, one-way, plus some decoding and telemetry interpretation work after reception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Hobo Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 28 minutes signal delay, one-way, plus some decoding and telemetry interpretation work after reception.Not to mention the couple of minutes required to airbrush out any evidence of ancient aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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