Oh, hey, almost forgot: we’re landing a spaceship on a comet.

6 thoughts on “Oh, hey, almost forgot: we’re landing a spaceship on a comet.”

1. “Unmanned”
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   *sips coffee*

2. Ummm .. by “we”, I presume you mean “residents of this mudball”?
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   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-space-comet-idUSKCN0IW0S520141112
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   ‘s a European probe. U.S. involvement appears to be .. low.
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   Not that it’s not *science*, (and not in an “I love science sexually but don’t understand it at all” lefty sort of way), it’s just .. I’d like to see more U.S. big science.
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   Mew

   1. Yup, I meant humans. ESA did a hell of a job.

      1. Concur.
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         Mew
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         p.s. .. humans aren’t the only ones down this gravity well .. just sayin’

3. I’ve been following the event via xkcd. Because following historic events via a website featuring stick-figure comics is nothing special in the 21st century …

4. It *is* pretty fricking cool.

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