European probe has hooked up with the comet it was designed to study.
Currently sending back some really good pictures.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Sp...s_from_Rosetta
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/i...?1407350869742
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European probe has hooked up with the comet it was designed to study.
Currently sending back some really good pictures.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Sp...s_from_Rosetta
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/i...?1407350869742
Are there microphones on the rover? If not you could use that technique to have the first audio from another planetQuote:
Originally Posted by 406
Its an old theory that has probably already been posted but, We're all living in the event horizon of a 4D black hole: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/ph...wned-universe/
We built a couple cameras that had microphones...one the lander crashed and the other they would not let us turn it on( long story).Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
http://www.msss.com/all_projects/phoenix-mardi.php
I had the same thought about using the mastcam to copy what they did, but a couple problems. We can't do video at that high a frame rate and we have a CCD not CMOS so can't use their second technique. Also the only loud sound source would be moving the rover, and that would vibrate the camera...also the thinner atmosphere would not transfer sound as well.
A see-through mantis eating a fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQTJHb0eg0
I find Titan very interesting. Cassini spacecraft recently captured images of clouds moving across the northern hydrocarbon seas :
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-274
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/cassi...a18420-640.gif
That's very cool... long ski season, too (but big wait till the next one!):
Quote:
A year on Titan lasts about 30 Earth years, with each season lasting about seven years. Observing seasonal changes on Titan will continue to be a major goal for the Cassini mission as summer comes to Titan's north and the southern latitudes fall into winter darkness.
Nom nom nomQuote:
Originally Posted by zartagen
I saw an article in the LA Times this morning and was going to post it, but that video is even better. Very cool to actually see the rocks move. Interesting that all this happened at the south end of the pound. I have seen rock trails up by the grandstand near the north end of the playa, which looks like it doesn't get water as often.
So much for alien forces.
it's still kinda cool even tho it's explained
nature: it's alive, man!
too commercial?
google delivery drone
http://youtu.be/cRTNvWcx9Oo
NASA Mars Orbiter Arrives at Red Planet Tonight: Watch It Live 9/21... Should arrive around 9:50 pm EST
http://www.space.com/27222-nasa-mars...l-webcast.html
Can we finally stop all the pseudo-science Hippy GMO bullshit please?
Study of 100 Billion Animals Finds GMOs Safe
Fuckin' magnets, how do they work?Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvmvxAcT_Yc
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space...-movie-n210681
India's Mars orbiter mission cost less than the film Gravity.
How many of those animals lived to enjoy a long and healthy life? Just sayin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
Bad day at the launch pad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISYfsDTrvdw
http://www.space.com/17933-nasa-tele...-space-tv.html
Interesting stuff about the origins of life.
http://m.phys.org/news/2014-10-oxyge...y-billion.html
Anyone been following that we will landing on a comet in a few hours.....and can watch it live...
http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding
http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqcDtRmJbKY
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Op..._comet_landing
ummmm ....... did anyone check the parking brake?
Yeah, seems like those harpoons that were supposed to hold it down did not fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
Very cool. This is equal to man landing on the moon in my opinion. Surprised so many people are clueless that this is even happening.
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/362/events/3544091
67P singing...
https://soundcloud.com/esaops/a-singing-comet
Even bigger potentially from a scientific point of view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
Since the very first human, we've asked where the fuck do we come from ? How the fuck did we get here ? Even way back in 500bc humans had the idea that maybe our origins are alot more interstellar than we generally perceive and thus came up with the idea of Panspermia.
Fast forward to 08 and while studying the Murchison metorite they discovered organic compounds such as RNA nucleobase, Uracil not from earth.
In 09 they confirm glycine in a comet, in 11 complex organic molecules in cosmic dust, in 12 glycolaldehyde in distant stars, 14 PAH's seemingly all over the place.
What this points to particularly when combined with the idea that liquid water was also transported here via comets and asteroids is that perhaps we are not as connected to the earth as once thought. Seemingly the building blocks of life are everywhere and they are constantly in the universal sense of that word being moved all over the fucking place.
Now that's interesting, that's an idea that will fundamentally alter our concept of who we are.
The tweets that thing is sending from a comet is blowing my mind. Also did anyone hear the noise that comet makes?
Insane pictures are starting to come in.
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/i...ll_image_2.jpg
What is really insane is that we are seeing something form the beginning of the universe 6,000 years ago. Just amazing.
hi res image here...http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/i...to_a_comet.jpg
Philae is facing trouble...
Where it intended to land...where it is...
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...psa30d4093.jpg
Here's How Scientists Can Save Philae From Its Rough Comet Landing
The lander's triumphant landing on a comet wasn't as smooth as it first appeared. Philae landed in a bad location where it's hard to get precious sunlight, and the engineers behind the mission are trying to figure out what to do.
Here's How It Happened
When the Philae lander touched down on the comet yesterday afternoon, following a 7-hour flight from the Rosetta spacecraft, it faced two troubling issues. First, the lander's top-thruster was not functioning. That thruster was meant to provide a downward push upon impact to dampen the bouncy recoil of Philae's landing. Second, Philae's twin harpoons, which were supposed to anchor the robot to the low-gravity comet, failed to fire.
The combination of events meant that the lander ricocheted off the comet immediately after touchdown and soared upwards of half a mile off the surface. Thankfully, the weak pull of the comet's gravity was enough to bring Philae back down…almost two hours later.
Following two gentler bounces, the lander settled away from the target landing zone and with only two of its three feet on the ground and totally unanchored (it could even be on its side). Worse, Philae now sits in the shade of a giant cliff. The darkness is threatening to shut down the solar-powered robot, which has only 60 hours of battery life.
While the situation may seem bleak, it could be much worse: Philae was not flung entirely off the comet, and right now the minds at ESA are working on the best possible fix. These are their two immediate options.
Option 1: Shut Down and Wait for More Sunlight....
Option 2: Hop to a New Spot ASAP....
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...?click=pm_news
Fuckit, I can't embed. I think this is what is accurately going on in that poor poor rover's cpu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5YRL9Xqk4
I don't know if my computer is different than a lot of others here that are having difficulty embedding. It took about 2 tries before I could do it easily...
1. Copy the youtube video you want to embed.
2. Click on the insert video button
3. Click on embed existing
4.Paste your video in the "Enter your video clip URL below" box
5. Click on the Insert box
6. Click on Post quick reply
7. Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5YRL9Xqk4
To add context escape velocity is around .5 m/sx2, if you know anything about delta v and spaceflight you realize what kind of margins they are operating with.Quote:
Originally Posted by TomCrac
They have apparently discussed using the arm to give it a bump but it's entirely possible they would simply end up in a worse place, not like there is a book on what to do when your lander has issues on a comet.
The fuck? Copy the url, use [video] and[/video ] tags and done. yeesh. (take out the extra space in the second tag obviously)Quote:
Originally Posted by TomCrac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5YRL9Xqk4
Or copy the bit after v= and put it between [ YOUTUBE ][ / YOUTUBE ] tags
Where are you getting the [youtube] tags?... I'm more(on) of a simple copy/paster/clicker kind of guy.
"Rosetta mission: scientists will order Philae to ‘hop’ in final bid to save lander"
"Order will be sent to Philae’s legs this evening in a bid to bounce the comet lander into a sunnier position to recharge its batteries
Philae lander tries drilling and hammering to free itself...
Alien ‘cover-up conspiracy theories emerge....
Scientists controlling the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko are preparing to make a last ditch attempt to “hop” the robotic probe into a sunnier spot on the comet’s surface.
If they fail, the lander will go into hibernation. Without sufficient sunlight on its solar panels, its mission will be over."...
full article... http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...nder-hop-comet
Pingo, he invented rocker.
youtube tags I just type out now because I'm used to it.
Science stuff:
Holy shit, that's a huge landslide. 90 by 40 km. I'm curious to look at the area next time I drive through. This is almost as interesting/important to how I see that area as the lake Missoula theory has been for eastern Washington.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/...vered-in-utah/
Happened upon two cool video last night from NAPS in the UK:
One cool one about how continuous descents in an aircraft, versus stepped descents, could save a lot of airline fuel & CO2:
https://vimeo.com/97930594
And a way more interesting way showing the flightpaths of planes around the UK in 3D:
https://vimeo.com/111844476
^^^That is a bad infestation.