Prof. Monica Grady of the the Open University shows the right way to celebrate her lifetime investment when Rosetta's Philae probe landing on Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasminko
Planetary missions and space missions in general, are a lifetime of work with a probability not zero of crashing and burning. A lifetime of pent up hopes and a huge investment of time and reputation.
one small step for a machine,
ReplyDeleteI thought I heard her say, "This is a big ******* deal!" — or something very similar. I hope I'm right.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is to send a probe per year. It's not that expensive.
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ReplyDeleteWhat was the question?
Doesn't get them there any quicker.
ReplyDeleteIn space, no one can hear your shirt.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to the Save the Keeling Curve button, we need one to buy JPL a bouncy castle for comet landing practice and k-6 birthday parties .
ReplyDelete10yr journey. Battery dead after bounce landing in shadow. Was meant to transmit data for 9months. May never be heard from again. Got some stuff done though
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