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Coming lander released - on the way down
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:17 am
by wvjohn
fascinating piece of engineering and navigation - BBC has good coverage
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-en ... t-29985988
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:09 am
by FlyingPenguin
Harpoons away!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:47 am
by wvjohn
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:31 am
by Genom
Isnt the actual landing/harpooning at 1:02PM EST?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:38 pm
by wvjohn
landed a little after 11 am. Amazing you can shoot something into the air 10 years ago, match orbits with a comet, and then drop something on the surface.
What if the comet visited LA?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:09 pm
by wvjohn
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:40 pm
by b-man1
