First Comet Landing In Human History

What if it turns out that Philae only sent this single piece of data: I AM COLD AND ALONE FULL STOP

goodbye forever coolguy. you put yourself out there which is more than a lot of people do.

  On 11/14/2014 at 8:05 PM, Blank said:

This is absolutely incredible! Proof that mankind can do good things sometimes.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/nov/14/rosetta-scientist-matt-taylor-breaks-down-apology-offensive-shirt-video

Rosetta scientist Dr Matt Taylor breaks down during apology for 'offensive' shirt – video

  On 11/15/2014 at 6:14 AM, Allize said:

 

  On 11/14/2014 at 8:05 PM, Blank said:

This is absolutely incredible! Proof that mankind can do good things sometimes.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/nov/14/rosetta-scientist-matt-taylor-breaks-down-apology-offensive-shirt-video

Rosetta scientist Dr Matt Taylor breaks down during apology for 'offensive' shirt – video

 

idm...

  On 11/15/2014 at 6:14 AM, Allize said:

 

  On 11/14/2014 at 8:05 PM, Blank said:

This is absolutely incredible! Proof that mankind can do good things sometimes.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/nov/14/rosetta-scientist-matt-taylor-breaks-down-apology-offensive-shirt-video

Rosetta scientist Dr Matt Taylor breaks down during apology for 'offensive' shirt – video

 

 

https://twitter.com/SMLXist/status/532928903778934784/photo/1

 

Looks like she's putting together a Kickstarter to get her version of the shirt made into a real thing

good night sweet prince

Possibly not forever though! Great that the little dude managed to do 100% of the science it was sent there to do despite bouncing for miles and ending up wedged against a cliff with a leg in the air. This whole thing has been fantastic

  On 11/15/2014 at 6:14 AM, Allize said:

 

  On 11/14/2014 at 8:05 PM, Blank said:

This is absolutely incredible! Proof that mankind can do good things sometimes.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/nov/14/rosetta-scientist-matt-taylor-breaks-down-apology-offensive-shirt-video

Rosetta scientist Dr Matt Taylor breaks down during apology for 'offensive' shirt – video

 

 

Why is he apologizing, that shirt was fucking awesome

  On 11/13/2014 at 4:36 PM, Tricone RC said:

She was really just talking about the new Aphex Twin

  On 11/16/2014 at 3:29 AM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Why is he apologizing, that shirt was fucking awesome

Because phoney feminist causes are a media distraction thing atm. I like that headline graphic, something interesting happens in space, oh nos look at his fucking shirt, lets advance the species by muckraking and character assassination.

 

What was his off colour remark btw? I'm new to this whole dramma.

  On 11/14/2014 at 8:15 PM, feltcher said:

Sorry if jazz

 

 

Amazing

the math that went into this is so crazy

  On 11/14/2014 at 8:15 PM, feltcher said:

Sorry if jazz

 

 

Amazing

you said it all buddy

 

also concerning the whole awesome shirt debacle: feminist outcries over (conceived) purity are a hot potato at the moment. hopefully this will pass soon

 

also made a song about this. poor guy;

 

https://soundcloud.com/solmarama/hentai-bomndagfe

 

fucking puts a lander on an asteroid and some sandy vagina decides to make a hot issue out of it. what the fuck did that bitch ever do to further mankind except jumping the moral high ground bandwagon.

 

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 8:14 AM, delet... said:

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 3:29 AM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Why is he apologizing, that shirt was fucking awesome

Because phoney feminist causes are a media distraction thing atm. I like that headline graphic, something interesting happens in space, oh nos look at his fucking shirt, lets advance the species by muckraking and character assassination.

 

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 12:46 PM, Phoenix said:

fucking puts a lander on an asteroid and some sandy vagina decides to make a hot issue out of it. what the fuck did that bitch ever do to further mankind except jumping the moral high ground bandwagon.

 

i am confused; is my comment facepalmworthy?

Yeah. It is.

cool. thanks for explaining it to me in a passive-aggressive manner

No problem

haha

  On 11/16/2014 at 7:52 PM, Phoenix said:

cool. thanks for explaining it to me in a passive-aggressive manner

 

You see, if you're trying to downplay the sexist angle, and focus on the science angle, probably don't be a huge raging sexist yourself.

  On 11/16/2014 at 2:05 PM, Timothy Forward said:

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 8:14 AM, delet... said:

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 3:29 AM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Why is he apologizing, that shirt was fucking awesome

Because phoney feminist causes are a media distraction thing atm. I like that headline graphic, something interesting happens in space, oh nos look at his fucking shirt, lets advance the species by muckraking and character assassination.

 

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 12:46 PM, Phoenix said:

fucking puts a lander on an asteroid and some sandy vagina decides to make a hot issue out of it. what the fuck did that bitch ever do to further mankind except jumping the moral high ground bandwagon.

 

 

 

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 6:48 PM, Phoenix said:

i am confused; is my comment facepalmworthy?

 

No, he's just showing us how he puts sand in his vagina.

  On 11/16/2014 at 8:10 PM, Root5 said:

 

  On 11/16/2014 at 7:52 PM, Phoenix said:

cool. thanks for explaining it to me in a passive-aggressive manner

 

You see, if you're trying to downplay the sexist angle, and focus on the science angle, probably don't be a huge raging sexist yourself.

 

fair point. my rage levels are approaching maximum density with all these blabby 'feminists' though.

  On 11/16/2014 at 6:48 PM, Phoenix said:

i am confused; is my comment facepalmworthy?

 

nope

  On 11/12/2014 at 4:02 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

This endeavour really should be winning the next most IDM tournament by a landslide

Was thinking the same!

 

  On 11/12/2014 at 5:40 PM, skytree said:

 

  On 11/12/2014 at 5:28 PM, jasondonervan said:

Watching BBC livestream, so many scientist types losing their shit right now!

 

Bless 'em, gotta respect their mad skills for making it happen.

Indeed. Had a rather misanthropic hermetic friend from Northern Cali stop by last night, and he was complaining about how this is a total misallocation of resources. I told him the budget was one tiny fraction of what's spent on military bullshit, and that we have the capacity to both care for the planet and explore beyond its bounds, not to mention that missions like this help us appreciate how absolutely marvelous and majestic the entire cosmos is and our ability to accomplish miracles, including here on our beautiful pale blue dot. We need some incredible teleological attractors like this to help us save the planet we're already on, IMO.

Money damn well spent.

Science. Trust bruv. Trust.

 

An eloquent defense of the mission in the face of opposition: thanks for that :)