I'm just a human who loves stuff about space. If you're here, you probably do too. I hope you like what I have to say about it.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Philae getting ready for separation from Rosetta
I'm staying up late tonight to witness history. Humanity is trying to land a spacecraft on a comet. Like one bird watching another bird trying to spit a fly out the end of a straw to catch a bullet, I must see what happens. This fly that them European birds spat out goes by the name of Rosetta. She's already caught up to the speeding bullet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Now this Rosetta fly is gonna spit out a smaller fly, Philae, to actually land on this bullet. I'll rest some before that happens. There's still some possibility that won't go as planned. After 10 years of hibernation, some parts of Philae appear to be failing. At least the separation is still a go and that will be one for the history books regardless.
Sufficiently advanced technology is indiscernible from magic, indeed.
As I wait for the magic moment, this video warms my thoughts:
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