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This is way cool. What an event.

Posted by la peregrina on 12 November, 2014 at 10:03 PM

Stunning achievement.

I was glued to the live feed from the ESA yesterday afternoon and despite the problems with the harpoons, remain hopeful that it will go on to produce new data about the comet.

Posted by Mark Garth on 13 November, 2014 at 7:09 AM

Can anyone see any dustbin lid covers on it yet?

Posted by Temp on 13 November, 2014 at 10:52 AM

It bounced but is on......albeit on its side, oops

Posted by mr bw on 13 November, 2014 at 8:38 PM

Spell went a bit wrong there, witchy??

Posted by allotmentqueen on 13 November, 2014 at 10:31 PM

Spell was perfect AQ - Philae now switched off and resting until it's nearer the sun, scientists have got enough data to keep them happily busy (but not so much that they miss something), and those who believe that 'god' was a person not a comet can have one last FOTCR before the truth is out.

Most people haven't realised that this mission could show that 'god' is a made-up story to account for things that they didn't understand.

That comets brought the necessary water and amino acids to Earth to create life will soon be proved - so men will be unable to blame their desire to make war on differences in religion. Watching men justify the continuation of war in the absence of 'gods' (in whose name to do it) will be interesting.

Posted by Blue Witch on 15 November, 2014 at 8:39 AM

That's all very profound, Witchy.

And who made the comet?

Posted by Temp on 17 November, 2014 at 9:32 PM

If you were a proper scientist Temp, you'd know the answer to that

Posted by Blue Witch on 18 November, 2014 at 7:18 AM

Well, the proper scientists tell us that the whole universe was initially compressed into about half the size of the square root of FA, hanging in the middle of unspace (because there was nothing there before the big bang for it to hang in,) and that in any case they have still not encountered 90% of the matter they have deduced must be there somewhere.

I don't see that any of the answers to their problems are going to be resolved by looking at Philae, exciting though it may be.

Much better, surely, to personify the unknowns into a deity or two, so you can have something to fight over. The winner, can then claim that he was right, because his god was on his side all along. Just choose a winner from the pantheon.

I think I'll have Ganesha.

Posted by Temp on 18 November, 2014 at 10:04 AM

One day creationists will be viewed in the same way as those who believe that the world is flat.

If humankind survives that long, which, on present form, seems extremely doubtful.

Posted by Blue Witch on 18 November, 2014 at 12:32 PM