Philae is down.

[smartcooky]

I saw this earlier today on a link I followed, with a story about how ESA are only interested in a mysterious signal from aliens coming from the comet..

Channelling Marshall Applewhite

Stealing the plot of "Life Force"

[onebigmonkey]

Sat watching Mr Hoody until the video feed locked up. (people in suits then the controller in a hoody ).

Superb stuff.

As for hoax claims, it is as certain as a certain thing on the planet certain during certainly certain week in the year of certain. The claims will involve the word "Hmmmm" and "looks fake" etc etc etc....

Edit. ooohhhhhh, one site has someone saying how they cannot understand how they get clear images.

The idiots at Cluesforum are already snorting in disbelief, given that NASA couldn't even launch a rocket last week.

All space is run by NASA. Even the ESA 

Lots of people also decrying the expense in a time of austerity. Except when it was launched it wasn't.

[Bryanpoprobson]

and it's down again. It looks like it hasn't anchored and has bounced twice. It is now resting on the surface and they are considering deploying the anchors again, but this may push it away again.

[Tedward]

400+ meter bounce? Yoinks.

Hope they get this on the ground so to speak, and confirmed.

[Andromeda]

It is down and stable

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30034060

[Andromeda]

By the way, have you seen this?

[Tedward]

Must admit that some of the Beebs reporting was cringing, not their fault I suppose, most reporters and readers are jack of all trades today, seems to be a few specialised in a topic they have to talk on that is outside the norm. On the whole I am glad they dedicated a large chunk of the time around the expected landing to the event.

[Kiwi]

This website
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/14615-comet-67p/
has some of the best information about comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that I've found -- photo of its discoverers, details of past orbits of the sun, and a detailed specification sheet at the bottom of the page.

Here's the enlarged version of a graphic showing Rosetta's 12-year journey to the comet and the various gravity-assists from Earth and Mars.
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/52838-twelve-year-journey-in-space/

The only thing I haven't been able to find is where exactly 67P is in the sky now as viewed from Earth.  Not even the name of a constellation. Although it's far from being a naked-eye sight, it would still be nice to know where to look.  Does anyone else know where?

[Bryanpoprobson]

Oh dear, someone on the Daily Mail science page is saying that Philae is going to doom us all, by changing the orbital path of the comet. If only it were that simple, how easy would it be to have, an asteroid avoidance network? Just land a probe on it, ffs where do people get their ideas of physics from?

[RAF]

Video of this mornings press conference...the images of the surface are just otherworldly (if you'll pardon that. )

Rather than watch the whole presentation, the images can be found at the end of the video...at  @ the 1 hour, 7 minute mark.

Don't know what I was expecting, but not what I'm seeing...is that snow in one of those images?, or am I suffering from a case of pareidolia?

[Glom]

Oh dear, someone on the Daily Mail science page is saying that Philae is going to doom us all, by changing the orbital path of the comet. If only it were that simple, how easy would it be to have, an asteroid avoidance network? Just land a probe on it, ffs where do people get their ideas of physics from?

If it were that easy, I'd be more worried about Rosetta itself affecting the orbit.

[Bryanpoprobson]

So our old friend AwE130 starts the ball rolling with this one on infowars. Aircraft seen in comet images..

[Bryanpoprobson]

PS the image is actually from this site..

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/look-at-the-size-of-that-comet-rosetta-is-chasing-compa-1653147476

[grmcdorman]

So, once again, he's taken a created image and claims it's an original?

How ... banal.

[Bryanpoprobson]

So, once again, he's taken a created image and claims it's an original?

How ... banal.

Do you think I've rubbed it in enough??? ***from infowars***

Bryanpoprobson said on November 13, 2014
The image comes from this site http://sploid.gizmodo.com/look-at-the-size-of-that-comet-rosetta-is-chasing-compa-1653147476

What a buffoon you are.. lol lol  

 
Bryanpoprobson said on November 13, 2014
You really are a crackpot lol..